So gassy and could really use so help please!

Beautiful_Warrior94

I'm a Vegetarian.
I'm 21.
I'm a healthy weight.
I'm a housekeeper.
I'm a college student.
I'm a runner.
I'm a weightlifter.

I don't drink soda and try to limit my candy/chocolate and watch my sugar intake. Why am I suddenly so gassy?

Carlos_421

Double post?

skippygolunks2014

Are you eating more legumes than usual? Also some vegies cause more gas; like brocoli. If nothing else works buy some anti gas tabs like Beano; they do work.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Kale does it to me every time lol. I find nettle tea helps

Yi5hedr3

That's a high fiber diet, and will cause gas. Eat some meat - much better off.

Tnangaley

Peppermint tea.

DaddieCat

Vegetables often will make one gassy. It was once described to me by a dietician like this:

"Vegetables will make you more gassy, while meat and dairy will add more odor to your gas." I also find that certain vegetables will increase gassiness for me. Chickpeas, cabbage, artichokes... they all do me in.

Francl27

It happens the first two days of my period (I get very gassy and bloated and look 4 months pregnant)... is it the case for you perhaps?

juggernaut1974

ASKyle

Are you eating lots of beans?

I find that if I rinse them (especially canned black beans) until the water runs clear it eliminates the gas! If I don't I can barely contain myself at work lol.

Pearsquared

Any high fiber foods can make you a little gassy too, especially if it's a newly introduced food. Any changes made to your diet recently?

Sued0nim

Beans
Cruciferous veg
Hormones
Insufficient fat

RoxieDawn

Eating too fast? Are you chewing gum during the day?

tcarroll120

Some foods arnt ment to go together either.it causes fermentation in the gut

Beautiful_Warrior94

I'm not bloated and I don't eat fast

courtmarrow

I'd take a guess that you've recently upped your fiber intake (unintentionally). It'll do it every time! Which is a really healthy thing to do but until your body adjusts you're gonna be a little more gaseous than usual. Just make Beano or some other anti-gas med your best friend for a week or two

Panda_brat

Find some 10 year old boys and have them pull your finger, they will have a kick out of that.

Beautiful_Warrior94

Good thing I keep anti gas meds just in case then

corgicake

Thin_Beauty94 wrote: »

I'm a Vegetarian.

This is probably the delayed effect of eating a high carb diet and skimping on protein for an extended period of time. Gas is made by gut bacteria eating carbs. A solve for this is eating less carbs long enough to reduce the gas-producing bacteria. Eating too many carbs again after that will eventually bring you back to where you are now.

angelexperiment

Well if you have been veg for awhile without this issue I would say it could be a overpopulation of gut bugs if you have any craving for sweets maybe candida. You could be swallowing too much air as you eat or drink. You could have parasites. You could have a sibo infection. You could have an allergy to wheat or gluten or soy ( especially if you are eating a lot of it) beans also have phytic acid which irritates the lining of the stomache (inflammatory food) but it is said to soak them or sprout them decreases the phytic acid in them.

If it's new look at if there's anything new in your diet or if you are consuming something more than normal. Try eating somethings and keep a record of how you feel?

jordyngiulio

Are you having any other gastrointestinal symptoms? I know this is kind of personal but has your regularity changed and where are you in your cycle? You could try ginger tea with lemon and some yoga abdominal twists to see if that relies the gas; it usually really helps me and I am pretty much always gassy lol

I also looked at your food diary - have you always eaten a lot of protein bars? My boyfriend and I were just talking about how horribly and uncomfortably gassy some brands of those, particularly those Pure Protein ones, made him. He told me a horror story of buying them from Costco and not being able to afford not to eat them for a period of time . . . it was funny but also terrifying.

Beautiful_Warrior94

jordyngiulio wrote: »

Are you having any other gastrointestinal symptoms? I know this is kind of personal but has your regularity changed and where are you in your cycle? You could try ginger tea with lemon and some yoga abdominal twists to see if that relies the gas; it usually really helps me and I am pretty much always gassy lol

I also looked at your food diary - have you always eaten a lot of protein bars? My boyfriend and I were just talking about how horribly and uncomfortably gassy some brands of those, particularly those Pure Protein ones, made him. He told me a horror story of buying them from Costco and not being able to afford not to eat them for a period of time . . . it was funny but also terrifying.

Well it's just that being so busy and away from the house protein bars are quick and simple for giving me energy throughout the day. And I can't constantly afford to stop at a restaurant every day, if I could I would totally go to Subway. But it's a simple excess for me. I'm not trying to replace them as meal replacements believe me.

And also my cycle actually began last night.