Can you eat corn with heartburn?

Patients with symptoms of heartburn are not recommended to eat corn, the surface layer of corn contains a layer of keratinous coarse fiber material, so its entry into the human gastrointestinal tract tissue, not only is more difficult to be decomposed and absorbed, increasing the burden of digestive function, and will also increase the impact of the stimulation of the damaged tissues in the stomach, thus aggravating the patient’s gastric distension, acid reflux, heartburn, nausea, vomiting and other adverse symptoms performance. For patients with such adverse symptoms, they can choose more alkaline foods that are easy to digest to achieve therapeutic effects, such as steamed buns, millet, noodles and so on. Because alkaline food can neutralize the reaction with the acid in the stomach, by reducing the concentration of gastric acid, reduce the impact of stimulation on the damaged tissues in the stomach and relieve the symptoms of heartburn. In addition, in terms of dietary habits, it is important to adhere to the principles of lightness and eating less and more meals, thus helping to improve the performance of adverse symptoms.