Bloat and Gas problem. Please... I need help.

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What is the BEST digestive enzyme product on the market right now? I have been taking this for a while and it doesn't seem to help very much.

http://www.nutraceutical.com/search/view_product.cfm?product_index=4802

I still get bloated and end up with gas.

 

[Vicious cycle]

I like Psyllium husk.

 

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You have have to be shitting me! Nobody knows?!

 

[IvanOffelitch]

Have you tried to narrow down what it is in your diet that's causing the bloat and gas?

If I over-do it with dairy, I get that way. Same thing goes for soda.

 

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You have have to be shitting me! Nobody knows?!

I know I'm non-plat, but a "nobody"...sheeesh.

 

[thelion2005]

I only get this problem with dairy. I've got allergies.

I have read that pineapple aids digestion and that there are enzym
tablets with this product as a base on the market.

Dr. Weil has a very popular website for herbal and natural medications.
http://www.drweil.com/u/Home/index.html

The only other clue I can offer is supplement dosage, both amount and strength.
Whenever I get a gut problem, I look back over my supplement intake for a culprit.
I begin to cut dosages down in number or snapping things in half, especially powerful multipul vitamins. Within 2 days the pain will go away and I'll know what did it.

Last time is was my super powerful multi-vit. Snapped it in half and took one piece at breakfast and the other at dinner. No problem after that.

Good luck.

 

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Have you tried to narrow down what it is in your diet that's causing the bloat and gas?

If I over-do it with dairy, I get that way. Same thing goes for soda.

I'm a bodybuilder. I do not drink soda. And as for dairy. I take a lactose enzyme tab before I eat anything dairy. And nothing happens to me.

As for narrowing it down. I have been doing this for years! And it really doesn't matter what the hell it is. It'll just happen for the fuck of it. Sometimes if I go 4 hours without eating. I will fucking bloat up and get nasty gas just for the fuck of it! Go figure uh!

 

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I know I'm non-plat, but a "nobody"...sheeesh.

LOL

 

[KIAN]

First thing to do is spend more time chewing your food to reduce the chances of swallowing more air with your meals.

The gas is the result of either sugars or polysaccharides (starches). The sugars will primarily be lactose, sorbitol and fructose. The lactose you can either reduce or take an enzyme (like you are doing) called lactase. The sorbitol is just a sweetener which you can find listed on the labels of foods. The fructose will mainly be from fruits but also some vegetables. So the sugars can be controlled somewhat by either enzymes or by adjusting your diet. Unfortunately, the starches as much harder to control for a bodybuilder as your foods are not going to be processed and will be from 'whole' sources' (ie: whole grains). The gas from these is because your body can't break down the starches fast enough before the food leaves the small intestine and eventually enters the colon. The only product I know of which may help you is called BEANO. Apart from that you are just going to have to get used to being alone.

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KP--Fitness Basics

 

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First thing to do is spend more time chewing your food to reduce the chances of swallowing more air with your meals.

The gas is the result of either sugars or polysaccharides (starches). The sugars will primarily be lactose, sorbitol and fructose. The lactose you can either reduce or take an enzyme (like you are doing) called lactase. The sorbitol is just a sweetener which you can find listed on the labels of foods. The fructose will mainly be from fruits but also some vegetables. So the sugars can be controlled somewhat by either enzymes or by adjusting your diet. Unfortunately, the starches as much harder to control for a bodybuilder as your foods are not going to be processed and will be from 'whole' sources' (ie: whole grains). The gas from these is because your body can't break down the starches fast enough before the food leaves the small intestine and eventually enters the colon. The only product I know of which may help you is called BEANO. Apart from that you are just going to have to get used to being alone.

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KP--Fitness Basics

I know of Beano. But isn't that for the consumption of veggies only? Like I said...for years I have been experimenting and can never find WTF is it that causes my stomach to bloat and get gas.

I'm supposedly lactose intolerant. So of course I take a lactase tab before i eat anything with dairy. But sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't! There have been on certain occasions that I have had a whole pint of ice cream with NO lactase pill and I NEVER got any stomach problems! Weird huh?

Sometimes bread will fuck me up. Sometimes it dont. Same for pasta. Sometimes it does and sometimes it don't. It seems that just about everything I eat in this world will either fuck me up or it won't fuck me up.

Taking enzyme pills sometimes works and sometimes it doesn't! This fucking sucks ass! I just don't know what to do.

A few people have told me to go see an gastrointologist. But do you think that he can really resolve my problem? If I don't know what causes it. Then how is the doctor going to know.

And like I said. Sometimes my stomach will bloat and get gas if I don't eat within the 3 hour mark.