Bloating: The problem when pooping that can act as a trigger for the condition
BLOATING is the feeling of your stomach being stretched, puffy and uncomfortable, often occurring after a big weekend. An easily treatable condition, it has a number of symptoms and triggers. It can also be the sign of a more substantial condition.
Easy Ways to Live Well: Steph McGovern discusses bloating
To cut down and reduce the risk of excess wind, it is advisable to avoid certain foods such as:
• Beans
• Onions
• Broccoli
• Cabbage
• Sprouts
• Cauliflower.
Bloating can also be caused by something that happens, or rather doesn’t in this case, when you poo.
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Constipation may be a cause of bloating.
This is because the longer waste stays in your body, gas builds up and subsequently rises to your abdomen, causing bloating.
In your abdomen, the process of eating can result in bloating too.
Swallowing air, that can result if you’re talking while eating, will not only give people an unwelcome insight into your tonsils, but also cause bloating say the NHS.
The NHS says that food intolerances can cause bloating when:
• Your bowel does not empty properly
• The food causes gas to be trapped
• Too much gas is produced as a reaction to the food.
Wheat, gluten or dairy products are the most common food intolerances that cause bloating.
It may be that bloating is a symptom of a condition that requires treatment.
This includes coeliac disease and irritable bowel syndrome.
Coeliac disease happens when your intestine is unable to absorb gluten found in wheat, barely or rye.
Eating foods that contain gluten can trigger the condition.
While there is no cure for the condition, switching to a gluten-free diet will help.
Irritable bowel syndrome, like coeliac disease, is incurable.
Unlike the other factors on this list, bloating in this case is not linked with excess wind; rather, it is down to the erratic propulsion of food through the bowel.
If you think you might have irritable bowel syndrome or coeliac’s disease and would like to know more, there is more information on the NHS website.