Recommended food for hiatal hernia: Eat basic and unrefined foods that have not been stripped of their natural fiber.

Eat grains, raw vegetables and raw nuts. Nuts seeds are all good sources of minerals. The symptoms of hiatal hernia are usually worse after eating and they include heartburn that’s worse when bending over or lying down, belching, pain and muscle spasms in the chest.

A person is said to have hiatal hernia when part of the stomach protrudes or herniates, through the opening of the diaphragm and into the chest cavity.

Hiatal hernia is caused by poor diet, food allergies, and weakness of stomach muscles, pregnancy, and trauma in the stomach area, stress and inherited tendency.