I have found if I stick to a mostly vegan diet that my GERD is a lot better. Not perfect but much better. I also have really reduced caffeine, sugar and white flour carbs - the sugar and white flour was easier to give up then reducing my morning coffee to just 1 smaller cup but it was well worth it. I do not have dairy or red meat but will occasionally have chicken or fish but I get it from local place not the grocery store/factory farmed stuff. I now eat fruit for dessert and only indulge once in a while and this all hasn't been hard at all because I felt better right away. I used to have to take 2-3 pantoprozole to control my issues and now I'm down to 1 with hopes of going off that completely by my next appointment.