What have you found to help bloating?!

Have tried probiotics and/or digestive enzymes? Either of these may help.

Ginger root is what helps me. I crush about a fourth of a cup and let it infuse in a liter of water (usually over night, but not always so if the bloat is really bad) and drink it through out the next day.

See a doctor.

I had bloating because I have a malabsorption disorder caused by antibiotics. I had to go on a low fodmap diet (temporary). I can't eat grains. Or starches (temporary). Some of that should be temporary until I hopefully recover. I drink kefir and eat other fermented foods like sauerkraut. And take probiotics. Eat soluble fiber to feed the good bacteria. Some little things that can also help are coconut oil, turmeric and black pepper, ginger. But, this is just what has helped me. People get bloating for different reasons.

Move more. Go for a 30 minute walk every day. Split into 2 15 minute walks if preferred. Also, your body may be hinting that it doesn't like a particular food. Try a simple diet for a while, based around foods which are known to be easily processed by the body. Fish and rice with steamed greens is my go-to when my gut feels bad and I'm bloated.

leejoyce31 wrote: »

I'm bloated every night after eating but by morning it's back to normal. I eat a lot of veggies with dinner. I think that causes it. It doesn't really bother me because it doesn't last.

Same here, it doesn't matter what i eat. I call it a food baby, i thought it was normal and everyone gets it??

Christine_72 wrote: »

leejoyce31 wrote: »

I'm bloated every night after eating but by morning it's back to normal. I eat a lot of veggies with dinner. I think that causes it. It doesn't really bother me because it doesn't last.

Same here, it doesn't matter what i eat. I call it a food baby, i thought it was normal and everyone gets it??

I thought this was normal, too. Yep to the food baby! lol

Are we talking true tissue based fluid retention or gastrointestinal tract gas bloat? Or are we talking you notice your upper abdomen (under your sternum) gets larger after you eat? Because the latter is normal. It's called your stomach expanding to accommodate the food you just ate as well the actual food (and liquid) just consumed itself.

Oh yeah, and the gastric acid being secreted to begin the digestive process in earnest. As well other fluids your stomach produces between the time you swallow your first bite of food and when your pylorus lets the last of the meal out of the stomach and into your duodenum.

I stopped eating bread. That so far fixed it for me

So many suggestions. So little answers.

ErinSot wrote: »

I swear I get bloated so easily and it drives me insane. The second I eat anything at all my stomach balloons

Is it gas?

Diarrhoea?

Pain?

It's all a bit vague if we don't know what your symptoms are.

Plus, you should seek medical advice from a doctor, not the internet.

Orphia wrote: »

So many suggestions. So little answers.

ErinSot wrote: »

I swear I get bloated so easily and it drives me insane. The second I eat anything at all my stomach balloons

Is it gas?

Diarrhoea?

Pain?

It's all a bit vague if we don't know what your symptoms are.

Plus, you should seek medical advice from a doctor, not the internet.

It is definitely a good idea to seek medical advice from a doctor. And check everything out. And I hope they will be helpful. And try new doctors if you can, if you aren't getting help.

They might not care or help, though. Especially anything involving food reactions. They will do a blood test for celiac and allergies. Maybe it depends where you live. I'm in Canada. I am on a year long waiting list to see a GI specialist. And my GP wouldn't refer me. My Rheumatologist referred me, and she had to try four before one would agree to fit me in a year from that time. She listed celiac disease as my reason. She doesn't know what my diagnosis is because she isn't a GI doctor. I weighed 95 pounds and was eating up to 3000 calories a day. I was making doctors appointments weekly. Crying in the office because I was reacting so badly to food, losing weight. No one cared or knew. So, maybe mfp isn't the best place for seeking understanding. But, sometimes people need to ask and find other experiences and feedback and begin to figure things out for themselves. That's what I did. And now I am getting better (and it's still six months until my GI appointment). And I had been nonfunctional. My health issues were actually caused by doctors incorrectly prescribing meds. And everytime I had side effects to the meds they prescribed other meds. Instead of referring me to a specialist for a correct diagnosis they kept trying out meds on me. I had to drive to the US to see a specialist on my own (he said they were misdiagnosing me and causing my health issues with the meds). Sometimes we have health issues that doctors don't understand or deal with. Not everything can be solved by meds. Especially medical injury can't be fixed with meds. Bloating is probably going to be considered not very serious to a doctor.

Op, it would help to know more of your symptoms. There are lots of possibilities. And if you pin point those, you can know what tests to ask your doctors about. You could have dysbiosis or sibo (small intestinal bacteria overgrowth). Or you might not.