• Exercise the way your doctor or health professional has advised you to.
• Eat three to six small but balanced meals daily.

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  Get plenty of rest and decrease your consumption of caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and anti-inflammatory medicines. In certain cases it may be advisable to eliminate these substances completely.
• Stop smoking. Heavy smokers are more likely to develop duodenal ulcers, primarily because nicotine is thought to prevent the pancreas from secreting enzymes that neutralise acid. Smoking also slows healing.
• Avoid eating foods that irritate your stomach, especially fatty and spicy foods, and rather choose foods with a high fibre content. High-fibre foods not only play an important role in the prevention of cancer, but can also greatly reduce your risk of developing a duodenal ulcer: fibre is believed to enhance the secretion of mucin, which protects the duodenal lining.

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