Gas problems solved?
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nomorepuke
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Before I started my low carb diet a month ago, I had very bad gas problems. Sorry TMI but it smelled aweful. In public, I would keep it and it resulted into bloating.
Well, it's been over 2 weeks since I ever released any gas. Last night I did in bed. It had no smell whatsoever. It makes me wonder if my stomach is fully clean. What makes it smell so bad? I'm just curious. I don't know what's going on inside of my intestines.
Well, it's been over 2 weeks since I ever released any gas. Last night I did in bed. It had no smell whatsoever. It makes me wonder if my stomach is fully clean. What makes it smell so bad? I'm just curious. I don't know what's going on inside of my intestines.
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The smell comes from the methane and other gases that are released as a by-product of digesting plant material. Since you are limiting plant material in this diet, you have decreased the amount of the by-products.3
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That's a prime example of how the chemicals in the foods that we eat affect our stomachs3
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Does plant material mean processed or artificial foods?0
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I eat no less vegies than before low carb (i pretty much spend all my carbs on salad and veg) I feel it has more to do with the processed carbs causing gas as i very rarely expel gas any more at all and when i do its odorless - unless i have a cheat day and eat processed things, then im gassy for at least 48 hours
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I eat no less vegies than before low carb (i pretty much spend all my carbs on salad and veg) I feel it has more to do with the processed carbs causing gas as i very rarely expel gas any more at all and when i do its odorless - unless i have a cheat day and eat processed things, then im gassy for at least 48 hours
I'm with you. To clear the air, I gnaw down feed bags of kale, sauerkraut and other foods famous for musical theatrics - but I no longer eat carbs (including legumes) - and the atmosphere is none the wiser.
It sounds like our camp is divided between plant-gassers and carb-combusters.
The poet's generous heart, alas, has room for all of us....When your dinners are hearty with onions and beans,
With garlic and claret and bacon and greens;
Your bowels get so busy distilling a gas
That Nature insists you permit it to pass.
You are very polite and you try to exhale
Without noise or odour – you frequently fail –
Expecting a zephyr, you carefully start,
But even a deafer would call it, "a f@rt."
from the Ode to Four-Letter Words4 -
I eat a ton of green veggies as well. When I google it. It says fiber in veggies makes you gassy. I don't think so. Veggies are my life line lol1
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I eat no less vegies than before low carb (i pretty much spend all my carbs on salad and veg) I feel it has more to do with the processed carbs causing gas as i very rarely expel gas any more at all and when i do its odorless - unless i have a cheat day and eat processed things, then im gassy for at least 48 hours
This has been my experience as well. I can eat all kinds of 'gassy' veggies and have little to no gas but if I eat processed carbs I am gassy and bloated for a day or two.3 -
LC - the low-combustion alternative!1
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Fellow carb-gasser right here. I can eat my weight in veggies and only barely have any gas, let me eat a bunch of carbs and here it comes!3
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I think too that it is incomplete digestion that contributes to the smell...1
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We have a lot of bacteria in there. Some good, some bad. The balance of these bacteria also matters in the quantity and umm.... quality of the gas.2
