Originally published October 18 2005
Expert gives advice on how to reduce bloating and gas
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Dr. Herbie Schneider talks at length about intestinal distress and how to reduce gas by monitoring your diet and identifying offending foods.
The DietDoc Forum is flooded with questions from Health24 users who complain about flatulence or gas, and bloating.
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Daily tip Weekly newsletter Name: Email: Advertisement It is, therefore, important that we should consider some aspects of these symptoms and how they should be treated.
Gas production The human digestive system usually contains about 100-200 ml of gas, which is primarily produced in the colon by bacterial breakdown of various foods.
Bloating Dr Herbie Schneider states that bloating is "a key symptom in IBS" and occurs in "about 30% of adults".
Usually the patient wakes up with a flat abdomen which distends and blows up as the day progresses, so that the patient often complains of "looking pregnant" by the time he or she goes to bed.
Tests have indicated that although individuals who suffer from bloating do not actually produce much more gas than normal people, their abdominal dimensions can increase by as much as 3-4 cm during the day.
Various mechanisms such as reduced stimulation and increased inhibition, result in the gas being trapped in the intestine, which then leads to abdominal distention or bloating.
If you are intolerant to this sugar, you would experience flatulence and bloating whenever you drink milk or use certain milk products and other commercial products that contain cow's milk.
* Overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine.
Fructose is a sugar that is found in fruit, honey and some commercial products.
The pronounced increase in the use of fruit juices in recent years may be partly responsible for the rise in IBS.
It is important to determine exactly what is causing flatulence and bloating, and to eliminate the possibility of fructose or lactose intolerance and bacterial overgrowth before you start treating a patient for IBS.
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