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1/9/11 5:18 P

Hi Tem! As everyone's said, tomatoes are really acidic. I'm 20, been suffering from reflux since I was 12, and strangely enough, I could eat tomatoes up until I turned 16. After that, it gradually got worse. Now I can't eat anything with tomatoes in it. If I am feeling brave enough to eat tomatoes, I'll end up vomiting within minutes.

I don't like citrus anyway, so I steer clear of them, sorry I can't help you more :)

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1/6/11 2:48 P

Tomato doesn't bother me as much-it's peppers and hot spicy foods that do me in.

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1/5/11 8:16 P

I've been on a daily Nexium for the past 12 years since diagnosed with GERD because of problems with my voice. I sometimes have heart burn, but never noticed it from tomatoes. I agree that everyone has different triggers. Hot spicey foods seem to be my culprit.

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1/4/11 1:51 P

Funny I just had a craving for tomato soup that I made myself. Then afterwards I was taking a nexium. Hmm probably not a good idea but my body must have lacked something for me to crave it.

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11/20/10 7:33 A

Listen to your own body. We're all different. I will tell you something interesting, though and this surprised me a lot.
When I was having more trouble a couple of years ago, I made some marinara sauce. No meat, just sauteed onions and then a can of crushed tomatoes and a bit of salt. Super simple, super tasty. I remember my father making it when I was a kid. So we had that and I was quite worried. Ends up I had almost no problem. It seems the MEAT in sauce is more what bothers me. So...you might want to try this home made recipe. Hey, it's worth a try, just in case.

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11/16/10 2:36 P

Thanks for the excellent tip. I love tomatoes but they give me fits. I will definitely try it.

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11/16/10 12:28 P

I am staying away from the tomatos. I had Campbell's Tomato Soup on Sunday and that night it got me good.

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11/3/10 7:56 P

Last night I made a "diet soup." I like it for the health benefits and do not use it for the weight loss that it says it can do. Anyway I put a can of tomato's in and was worried about the sour stomach later. I remembered my mother making home made tomato soup and adding a pinch of baking soda to to help the acid in there. So I did add a pinch of soda to my soup because I did not want to add sugar. It did it's little fizz and them I had some. Boy did that help and it had a natural sweet to it. I will do it again and oh so good.
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11/3/10 7:30 P

Raw tomato doesn't bother me as much as cooked.

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9/17/10 1:57 A

I find the outside cuts of tomato doesn't cause any problem. I can only tolerate small amounts of ordinary tomato inside cuts (and infrequently) but can eat as much of those REALLY low acid, ugly looking ones as I like! They don't have the same taste, tho'!

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9/17/10 1:31 A

I have problems eating anything that is tomato based.

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9/15/10 11:16 A

I agree. Tomato bothers me most of the time too.

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9/7/10 7:45 P

I can't eat any tomato base stuff anymore. IF you have GERD I was told (by a dr.) that everyone has different triggers. Mine is tomato based stuff. I get very sick after it due to the acid. I say try it out if it doesnt brother you then that isn't your trigger!

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7/25/10 8:06 P

If my memory is correct, I can remember my mother make homemade tomato soup and always put a pinch of baking soda in the tomato part before She added the milk to it.
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7/18/10 3:51 P

Like everyone has stated, tomatoes are high in acid. They get me every time. If you're making something with spaghetti sauce though there is a way to reduce the amount of acid in the sauce. I have tried this with success and it was my doctor that gave me the tip. All you have to do is add about a teaspoon of sugar to a pot of simmering sauce. The sugar cuts the acid and you can't taste it in the sauce.

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7/17/10 4:04 A

Tomatoes are high acid. I can only eat a tiny little bit of normal tomato, but where it comes to the "VERY low acid" tomato (not just "low acid") I can eat as much as I like. They are mainly fleshy, very few seeds, not watery inside and the skin is very tender with a slightly pink'sh hue. They are wierd shapes and generally very ugly. They don't taste quite like the normal tomato, but then without the acid, they wouldn't.

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7/16/10 11:43 A

I think if you do your own cooking.. you can control how much tomato that you can put in your foods.. I love to eat tomato soup and it doesn't affect me that much so I would make soup burger out of that than Manswich,, also I buy my own pizza sauce so I can control how much pizza sauce on my pizza. Plus you can control the portion and less calories that way too.

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7/16/10 10:23 A

I agree with Rose. I think it's the acid too. I usually have just a little tomato sauce or tomatoes and back off if it bothers me too much.

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7/16/10 8:07 A

HI Terri, I think just because tomatoes are high in acid like the citrus fruits.

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7/16/10 7:22 A

Hi!

I keep seeing Tomato come up on the 'not to eat' list... why is that? I would think that obviously citrus fruits (oranges, lemons, pineapple) would be more dangerous culprits... Any insight?

(mostly, I don't wanna give up my bruschetta!)

Thanks guys!
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