Yeah I forgot to add, I do drink more coffee than I should.
3 to 5 cups a day.
It just comes with the territory of the job... 8 hours over the Atlantic and I usually consume 4 cups and a gallon or two of water.
I don;t care for sodas, but do have the occasional bottle of apple or orange juice.
Normally its either coffee or ice water for me.
Come to think of it my husband first had symptoms when he was working 65 plus hours a week and drinking 5-6 cups of coffee a day. He used to say he had “a couple of cups” of coffee and it wasn’t a problem until he realized his cup size was about 20oz each! That job was also very stress filled and that didn’t help either.
For you coffee drinkers who have GERD:
There is a acid-neutralized instant coffee called KAVA that won’t aggravate your GERD (at least it didn’t for me, whereas other coffees did).
Give it a try. And no, I don’t work for them—I just like the product.
You can find where to buy it in your area from this website:
www.kavacoffee.com (then click on “where to buy”).