Being a diabetic I found that small portions and also not eating before bedtime as mentioned three or four hours so many medical people have told me that also red paste deep fried foods all these things have to be given up or cut way back on sugar and salt caffeine all are stimulants to the digestive system I know from drinking coffee that it affects me almost immediately I've been told not to drink coffee and I haven't been able to give it up yet I'm addicted to it it helps me feel better in the morning especially since I have so many aches and pains and degenerative disc and neuropathy from my diabetes I take 1800 mg of Gabapentin every day but when I wake up in the morning I'm very stiff and achy in the coffee helps that a lot