I’m often asked what foods to eat when you have H pylori, and for several reasons it’s not that easy of a question to answer. It may be more important to consider foods to avoid when you have H pylori rather than the ones you eat. Why? Simply because some commonly eaten foods can make H pylori symptoms much worse, and make it harder to eradicate H pylori infections. Foods such as refined vegetable oils, gluten, cow’s milk, soy, sugary foods, processed carbohydrate, alcohol, processed meats and spicy foods should all be eaten with caution if you have an...