| With bloating after eating, you have the sensation of | | | | to feed and live on. They die off and you have no gas. |
| swelling and tightness in the stomach and/or intestines. | | | | To keep digestion efficient, smaller meals are needed. |
| Your pants may feel tighter and you may have pain | | | | This allows for enough mobility of the digestive tract to |
| accompanied with gas after eating. | | | | do its work. Too much food stretches everything out |
| Most often the reaction is to consider that you have | | | | and mobility is limited. But, smaller meals help in another |
| eaten something that didn't agree with you and then | | | | way too... |
| try to avoid those foods. That may work for the short | | | | Smaller more frequent meals also reduces the |
| term; however, bloating after eating can be a sign of | | | | demand on the digestive juices and enzymes. A lower |
| other digestive problems. Now, if this is the case, then | | | | demand of digestive secretions means your food is |
| often the complaint becomes, "I bloat up even after | | | | more likely to be more fully digested because the |
| eating healthy foods." | | | | demand can be met. |
| For many, the simplest cause of abdominal distention is | | | | Healthy eating plays a role in good digestive health. But, |
| swallowing air when you eat or drink. We all swallow | | | | it can also be a bit of a problem when it comes to |
| some air when eating, but those who gulp air in are | | | | bloating after eating. Let me explain... |
| more likely to be just eating too fast. The gas that you | | | | Eating healthy provides all the nutrients most of us |
| swallow expands when warmed up to body | | | | need to maintain a healthy digestive tract. But good |
| temperature and causes pain as it passes through the | | | | healthy nutritious food is also feeding that bad bacteria |
| intestines. | | | | in the gut. The unhealthy bacteria thrive and give off |
| To solve this you would slow down when eating. | | | | gases, which cause you pain. One may give up healthy |
| Chew your food and relax or not tense up. Don't eat | | | | eating because of the phenomenon. |
| when you are upset. Drinking through a straw | | | | That would be a mistake because without a healthy |
| eliminates gulping air in when drinking. | | | | diet, your digestion and overall health would surely |
| Another cause of bloating after eating is not having | | | | suffer. |
| enough hydrochloric acid for digestion or having low | | | | The solution is to eat well and in a way to kill off the |
| stomach acid. Your doctor can test for this and may | | | | bad bacteria in your gut. As I explained, smaller meals |
| then have you take a hydrochloric acid supplement | | | | would leave less undigested food for them to live on. |
| with your meals. | | | | That's your first step. Eat smaller more frequent meals. |
| Another cause is over eating. When you over eat you | | | | The second is to eat foods that would kill them off. |
| stretch out the stomach and it doesn't have the room | | | | Acidophilus or probiotics are healthy bacteria your |
| it needs to contract and work the stomach contents | | | | digestive tract needs to function properly. These |
| for digestion. Smaller, more frequent meals is the | | | | probiotics will kill off the unhealthy bacteria. You can |
| solution to this cause. | | | | get probiotics from yogurt. It should contain live active |
| Intestinal gas can be from the waste given off by the | | | | cultures and be organic. |
| unhealthy bacteria living on undigested food in the | | | | Organic yogurt is the only one you should eat. The only |
| intestinal tract. If your food is not fully digested, it is a | | | | exception would be to make it yourself. Genetically |
| breading ground for unhealthy bacteria. Many times the | | | | altered food is not permitted in organics. That means |
| bloating after eating is caused by both swallowed air | | | | that the bacterial culture in the organic yogurt cannot |
| and gases from undigested food. Just so you know, | | | | be from genetic engineering. |
| swallowed air doesn't have a bad odor when passed. | | | | Bloating after eating can be embarrassing and painful. |
| The goal is to have an efficient digestive system. | | | | However, it is possible to get relief. Make an |
| Efficiency means that you have the nutrients, | | | | appointment with your doctor for a full examination to |
| enzymes and digestive secretions present to be able | | | | determine the cause of your digestive problems. Then |
| to digest your food well. You see, if your food is well | | | | with the cause nailed down, a care plan can be |
| digested, there is nothing left for the unhealthy bacteria | | | | worked out for you to follow. |