Reduce Bloat and Slim Down Quick

If you experience excessive amounts of bloating you may want to consider changing your diet. Foods that can cause the accumulation of gas include: beans (particularly baked and dried beans), dairy products, root vegetables and cabbages, prunes, wheat and whey products, pan fried, deep fried, and oily foods, and finally, carbonated beverages. These are just a few of the things you may want to avoid if you're striving for a gas-free diet. And don’t over eat. That’s a big one, and you will be too if you keep overeating.

If you want to get rid of bloating, you may want to assess the possibility of a food allergy. This can be done without the help of a physician, at first, by starting what we call a diet journal or diet diary. Basically, what you do is write down everything you had to eat each day along with whether or not you experienced any bloating. If you have continual symptoms, you may want to try changing up your diet to see if they go away when you don’t eat dairy, for instance. This is really the only way to zero in on a food allergy if that’s the problem.

The most common and unrecognized causes of bloating is lactose intolerance. I'm lactose intolerant, and for the longest time I had no idea why it was I had a lot of gas, gas pains, and bloating. Well, I finally figured it out after drinking almost a gallon of milk in one day. I've never been in so much pain (or the bathroom) at one time. Want to know if you're lactose intolerant? Just down a glass of milk and wait for either the gas, bloating, or diarrhea to come out the other end. Dairy isn't a hard thing to avoid and luckily they make lactose free milk!

Irritable bowel syndrome may be the cause of your bloating, and treating it might be the solution to getting rid of your bloating problem. Everytime someone says IBS or irritable bowel syndrome, I think of that guy with the german wife from The Lady Killers. IBS is a problem with the colon, and its regulation of the digestive process. It can be dealt with by taking more fiber and avoiding those things that irritate your colon, like coffee, cigarettes, and spicy food. You should probably see a doctor if you think you have IBS.

Speaking of doctors: If bloating persists, you may want to see your doctor and get a colonoscopy done. It doesn’t sound fun, but a colonoscopy is a good idea if you’re having serious bloating problems because the colon plays a major role in the regulation and fluidity of your digestive system. A problem with your colon doesn’t necessarily mean colon cancer, but it most certainly means that your tummy won’t be a happy camper until you get that colon fixed and get rid of bloating associated with your irritated colon.

Bloating Medicine and Gas Medication

There are a few choices for those of you who don't want to change their diets to avoid abdominal bloating caused by gas. Gas-x, Beano, and Flatulex are the most common bloating relief, gas medications available over-the-counter. If flatulence, bloating, and gas are a constant problem and cause more pain than you can handle, your doctor may end up prescribing you a stronger medication and sometimes even a liquid that helps to prevent abdominal contractions. A lot of the pain caused by bloating isn't caused by abdominal distension, but by contractions not synchronizing properly, causing your intestinal wall to be pulled one way or another. Anyway, most bloating medicines work by providing your body with certain enzymes like alpha-galactosidase, that help to digest the sugars in beans and other carbohydrates that tend to cause the most problems for people in terms of indigestion and gas.