My wife's stomach blows up!!!! page 2

[Emmelle]

I can relate to this issue. You said she's about 70% primal? If the other 30% is in the form of wheat or wheat products, that may be the culprit. I can eat all the gas producing veggies with meat or fish without any problems but if I add bread or crackers to the mix, LOOK OUT.

[Minxxa]

I ditto what Meadow said-- I do almost exactly the same thing. And yes, 7 months preggers I get, I have been that big before and it was crazy how distended my belly was getting.

My suggestion is to try a fully primal, and elimination diet. Eliminate all the grains, dairy, beans, fruit, etc for a month. Then add one item back in at a time, for a week or two and see if there's a reaction. That's really the only way to figure out what foods it might be.

Also, carbonated beverages, any diet drinks (things with aspartame) and alcohol can be huge culprits.

I know it sounds daunting to eliminate all of those, but until she does it will be very difficult to figure out what the problem foods are. Plus you need to eliminate for 30 days to let your guts rest and heal before retrying things. When I did my elimination diet, it took about 3 or 4 days but the bloating was totally and completely gone. Magical!

You can google "elimination diet" for a list of foods to cut out and how to reintegrate them.

[healthseekerKate]

To echo Minxxa's post, I second the suggestion for trying an elimination diet. The bloating symptoms you describe do appear to suggest one or more food sensitivities or allergies. The False Fat Diet is a book that describes in detail how to implement an elimination diet plan:

The False Fat Diet by Elson Haas, M.D.
http://www.amazon.com/False-Fat-Diet...8719059&sr=1-1

Check out the reviews in the link above -- many of them are very encouraging. The fitness instructor with 7% bodyfat, and who still appeared to be 8-9 mo. pregnant, really stuck with me.

[Stabby]

Wife espolde?!





sorry

*slinks away*

Good suggestions in this thread btw

[Ernst]

Geeze it sounds like me also!

Cept thats because I would stuff myself with so much food!!! lol