Diet food FLATULENCE - Help :(

I had the same problem, but don't worry. It's not permanent or contageous. I'm betting it's fiber shock. If you really revamped and have upped your fiber by more than 5g a day, it may be a big shock to your system. (Kinda like drastically increasing your water take and having to pee all the time) If it's been a week or so, tough it out, you are through the worst of it. Your body will adjust, and you will have "normal" gas vs the extra frequent supa stink. If you just started, you may want to make small incramental adjustments in the fiber and see if that does more for your sex life. Hope this helps.

I have had the same problem, especially during times that I've gone super low carb and had just meat, fruits, and vegetables all day. horrible! My little brother once told me that when he and a friend went in my room to get something his friend said "it smells like cold fart in here." The horrible thing is that it was true!!! haha, horrible. Well, that's why I don't do low carb diets anymore (also I hate them). But to get over it I started taking beano and found it works really well to prevent gas and peptobismol works really well after it starts. Unfortunately, it still gets bad sometimes, but not so bad that I can't control it.
Also, stay away from excessive gum chewing! I'm a chain gummer and when I chew too much that's when the worst gas comes. So I try to quit cold turkey most of the time.
I hope that helps! Too bad eating healthy has this stinky side effect.....

I know my coworkers in the cubicles can tell, I've heard the comments.

LOL sorry I know I shouldn't laugh but I forgot that in the states "cubicles" means offices whereas over in the UK it means a toilet & my first thought was what are your colleagues doing in your cubicle!:laugh:

best thread, ever.

Ahh, the joys of vegetables, especially cruciferous vegetables(they contain high sulfur, give you that rotten egg smell). Most vegetables contain a goodly supply of fiber, both insoluble and soluble fiber. Your body takes the insoluble fiber and mostly says “well this is useless” and sends it along its way. This lets most of it pass from your small intestine, to your large intestine. There isn’t a lot of nutrient absorption going on there, and this is where the smell producing anaerobic bacteria live. The insoluble fiber gets acted on by anaerobic bacteria which is why it can sometimes smell like a swamp.

Fear not though, your intestinal flora and fauna will eventfully adapt to it and start producing less gas. However the time can take upwards of a few months.

Bean-o isn’t really a drug per-say; it’s an extract of a mold called aspergillis niger. Now don’t freak out swallowing mold, its not mold, it’s an enzyme called Alpha-galactosidase. All it does is bust up the complex carbs as any enzyme would, so the anaerobic bacteria cant. If the anaerobic bacteria can’t use it, it doesn’t make gas.