Kind of. He was too black-and-white about it, considering he said foods are "personal" -- some are easily as aggravating as coffee (eg citrus). He wasn't that emphatic in the sense that he was not even going to go there at all. He was done with me, after prescribing a gastroscopy and PPI. I asked about diet and specifically brought up coffee! So all his comments on coffee and food were in response. He didn't actually say to give up coffee, either.... which I may have miscommunicated here. That's more my own reasoning. The doc just indicated that it was bad for this kind of issue, in every case, across the board.

The stats do say coffee increases reflux. The dietary recommendations mostly say to limit coffee and alcohol, along with certain types of foods. Citrus, tomatoes are probably about as personal as coffee (high impact). For me they are probably even worse, honestly. 1 plan even said max one drink (alcohol) per day. Well, geez, for alcohol, we are only supposed to have that much anyway! I haven't seen suggestions for limiting the coffee, but less than 1 cup would be omitting, not limiting.

Common sense applies. The "limits" need to be personalized... down to zero if one notices symptoms at low consumption.

I have symptoms. I hadn't realized it, but I do. They need to be controlled. If I could cut coffee right out, yes, I would do that, because it really would be the best (safest) thing, and fastest way to get better. Not based on what doctor says... it's a known aggravant. I know from personal experience, too.

Limiting consumption, I do feel a bit restrained at 1 cup a day. I will feel limited in not being able to use caffeine as a drug/stimulant, to stay awake, basically.

If I have to give it up completely for any length of time -- oh yes, I will miss it, big time. Air I breathe, like I said.

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