Bread bloat :-(

Try different types of bread to see if it makes a difference.

I haven't given up bread and still losing weight - although I try to eat it only once a day now!

Hope you find something suitable x

Yes, and It's horrible. It's the wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly" and you'll understand what today's wheat is doing to us as a nation. The wheat today is not anything like the wheat from, say, the 1950's. It's been processed, reprocessed, and over processed. It's been changed so that it will yield a bigger crop, and will not rot so it has a longer shelf life. There's no real wheat left in it. One slice of bread does the same thing to your pancreas (causes it to release insulin at a high rate) as a Snickers bar. And at least the Snickers bar has real peanuts in it. If you keep forcing your pancreas to produce insulin at that pace, it becomes weary, and starts to move you in the direction of Type 2 Diabetes. Start to look for Gluten Free items. And if you still want a sandwich, wrap your sandwich meat in one or two big Romaine lettuce leaves. Nice crunch without the bread and carbs. Jimmy John's call it their "Unwich." This works for tuna salad, chicken salad, Seafood salad, and most other good fixin's. Look at MyFitnessPal's All Recipes, you'll find some yummy ones. Really. Good luck. Stop the bloat!

Yes, and It's horrible. It's the wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly" and you'll understand what today's wheat is doing to us as a nation. The wheat today is not anything like the wheat from, say, the 1950's. It's been processed, reprocessed, and over processed. It's been changed so that it will yield a bigger crop, and will not rot so it has a longer shelf life. There's no real wheat left in it. One slice of bread does the same thing to your pancreas (causes it to release insulin at a high rate) as a Snickers bar. And at least the Snickers bar has real peanuts in it. If you keep forcing your pancreas to produce insulin at that pace, it becomes weary, and starts to move you in the direction of Type 2 Diabetes. Start to look for Gluten Free items. And if you still want a sandwich, wrap your sandwich meat in one or two big Romaine lettuce leaves. Nice crunch without the bread and carbs. Jimmy John's call it their "Unwich." This works for tuna salad, chicken salad, Seafood salad, and most other good fixin's. Look at MyFitnessPal's All Recipes, you'll find some yummy ones. Really. Good luck. Stop the bloat!

I second that... modern wheat has been mutated using exposure to radiation and a powerful poison (just google it...) I have been trying to cut it, along with most other grains

zomg wheat belly!!!

Yes, and It's horrible. It's the wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly" and you'll understand what today's wheat is doing to us as a nation. The wheat today is not anything like the wheat from, say, the 1950's. It's been processed, reprocessed, and over processed. It's been changed so that it will yield a bigger crop, and will not rot so it has a longer shelf life. There's no real wheat left in it. One slice of bread does the same thing to your pancreas (causes it to release insulin at a high rate) as a Snickers bar. And at least the Snickers bar has real peanuts in it. If you keep forcing your pancreas to produce insulin at that pace, it becomes weary, and starts to move you in the direction of Type 2 Diabetes. Start to look for Gluten Free items. And if you still want a sandwich, wrap your sandwich meat in one or two big Romaine lettuce leaves. Nice crunch without the bread and carbs. Jimmy John's call it their "Unwich." This works for tuna salad, chicken salad, Seafood salad, and most other good fixin's. Look at MyFitnessPal's All Recipes, you'll find some yummy ones. Really. Good luck. Stop the bloat!

I second that... modern wheat has been mutated using exposure to radiation and a powerful poison (just google it...) I have been trying to cut it, along with most other grains

They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true!

Unless you are allergic to gluten, bread does not cause any horrible bloating..atleast personally thats my experience.

Yes, and It's horrible. It's the wheat. Read the book "Wheat Belly" and you'll understand what today's wheat is doing to us as a nation. The wheat today is not anything like the wheat from, say, the 1950's. It's been processed, reprocessed, and over processed. It's been changed so that it will yield a bigger crop, and will not rot so it has a longer shelf life. There's no real wheat left in it. One slice of bread does the same thing to your pancreas (causes it to release insulin at a high rate) as a Snickers bar. And at least the Snickers bar has real peanuts in it. If you keep forcing your pancreas to produce insulin at that pace, it becomes weary, and starts to move you in the direction of Type 2 Diabetes. Start to look for Gluten Free items. And if you still want a sandwich, wrap your sandwich meat in one or two big Romaine lettuce leaves. Nice crunch without the bread and carbs. Jimmy John's call it their "Unwich." This works for tuna salad, chicken salad, Seafood salad, and most other good fixin's. Look at MyFitnessPal's All Recipes, you'll find some yummy ones. Really. Good luck. Stop the bloat!

I second that... modern wheat has been mutated using exposure to radiation and a powerful poison (just google it...) I have been trying to cut it, along with most other grains

They can't put anything on the internet that isn't true!

They can also write books about it, and that doesn't make it true, or even do "research" - I have no idea if you even had a look at modern wheat compared to einkorn wheat, you can immediately tell the difference between two. Einkorn is an ancient breed of wheat, einkorn has 2 sets of chromosomes as apposed to 4 in modern wheat due to cross species hybridization.
But the important part is that einkorn wheat is naturally low in gluten as well as gliadin free (which some doctor claims is the root of all evil - so he can sell more books)

Like everything, google is a tool not an answer, read, apply common sense, and come to your own conclusions... does it make sense that modified plants (even if they are just "cross bread"s, and not mutated due to radiation, etc.) can have consequences? do you trust the billion dollar industry to be forthcoming with its faults? etc.

My guess is that a BM is needed.

I bloat and hold water after eating bread. :sad: I've cut my bread intake back to once a day and whole grains only. I still get bloated but...... my breads!!

That's why I try not to eat any bread. I get my fibre from eating a lot of oats/oat cakes, and for lunch I have wholegrain ryvita's

Try having wraps for lunch/soups/stews/salad's/sushi etc

Carbs are a nightmare for bloating ... Urgh!!

:indifferent:

Yup, the same thing happens to me! Bread, dairy, and broccoli are the main culprits for me, and of course I enjoy(ed) all of them very much. Dairy is probably the worst, as I can eat one ice cream scoop and a short time after I feel bloated as well as look like I'm preggers. So, I cut out all three I do allow myself my one greek yogurt daily, and that doesn't seem to have too big of an impact, but I'm looking into a soy or almond based greek yogurt to switch to so I can cut it out completely. Cutting out my breads was difficult at first, but now I don't even notice, although saying no to a cookie when it is chillin in plain view is quite a challenge... It might be hard to find lunches that don't involve bread, so my main go-to lunches are lettuce wraps, salads, or veggie burgers without the bun. I've noticed that I don't feel gassy and bloated all day when I cut these out, so it does make me feel more comfortable and slimmer throughout the day, which is always nice. Hope this helps!

this...I do soy products and low carb bread and feel MUCH better

For those of you with ''sensitivity" you may want to try Ezekial Bread. It is extremely dense and makes great toast.

If you keep forcing your pancreas to produce insulin at that pace, it becomes weary, and starts to move you in the direction of Type 2 Diabetes. Start to look for Gluten Free items.

Something I wanted to note about the statement above, GF items are often higher in carbs than their 'regular' counterparts. As someone who is watching her carbs with a steely resolve, GF does not equate to low carb. Low carb is the only thing that will give your pancreas a break.

I for one, hope my beta cells appreciate the vacay I've given them and with any luck, the new ones, appreciating the lack of glucotoxicity, will thrive & make my life a wee bit easier.

OP: it sounds like GF is the way to go for you, at least, this is what I would do if I were you. Wheat Belly was a kind of a tough read for me. The claims sound like propaganda and it's just not a writing style that I respond to. I'm not saying it doesn't have it's points, I just found the whole thing hard to swallow.

That said, I keep away from grains. They jack up my BG's like nobody's business and I find them kind of a waste of calories for me. Grains also bloat me & make me feel uncomfortable but not to the degree you've described. You cannot outwardly see anything but you can feel my undercurrent of crankiness :blushing: My young adult kids it doesn't seem to bother much :laugh: and it doesn't affect them adversely :blushing:

yep, bye, bye bread, I like 12 grain, that is it