brandy76 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Has anyone else experience bloat after eating broccoli? Since I'm trying to eat healthier & shed some pounds, I've been eating broccoli with lunch & dinner, but afterwards my belly feels/looks so bloated - can it be the broccoli causing it? What can I do to stop this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie6 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 When you start incorportating more green vegetables into your diet, you may experience some bloating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 what the hell is brocoli anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookie6 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 what the hell is brocoli anyways? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pookie23 Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Veggies = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy76 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 When you start incorportating more green vegetables into your diet, you may experience some bloating.Is there another vegetable, that won't bloat as much? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ovrdose Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 remembered reading this a while back, pasted from a health site"Your body will learn to digest the fiber and after awhile your intestine will develop the Micro flora that will allow the high fiber foods to be more easily digested. Thus the side effects of gas and bloating should subside to a large degree. "i'd stick it out, you're getting lots of fiber that you should be anyway, and a whole shitload of other nutrients. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicman Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 how much broccoli and other fibrouso foods are you eating? might be that you are eating too much fiber at one time and that causes you to develop gas as your digesting it. also, how is your salt intake? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy76 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 I guess I'll stick it out.When I eat broccoli it's with a grilled chicken sandwich for lunch & with grilled chicken for dinner. For breakfast I eat oatmeal with egg beaters & I snakc on Zone Perfect bars, so I don't think my sodium intake is too high.I just started taking Taraxatone to see if that helps with bloat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Brandie, are you juicing it up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy76 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 Brandie, are you juicing it up?No, I'm sure if i was juicing I wouldn't have to worry about bloat, just trying to get in better shape, especially toning up the stomach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stymie Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 No, I'm sure if i was juicing I wouldn't have to worry about bloatQUOTE]Im sure your wrong and you would have to worry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomembername Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Brandy,How is Tommy Armani doing these days? Is he the one that put you up to losing a few pounds?...tell him to come back to CP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandy76 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 Brandy,How is Tommy Armani doing these days? Is he the one that put you up to losing a few pounds?...tell him to come back to CPTommy's doing good, but his job blocked CP & he finds it pointless to post on the weekend when the board is dead.As for losing a few, that was all my doing, especially with the summer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomembername Posted June 7 Report Share Posted June 7 Tommy's doing good, but his job blocked CP & he finds it pointless to post on the weekend when the board is dead.As for losing a few, that was all my doing, especially with the summer here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 tell tommy to comeback and post...we miss him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambitrah Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 saw on a cooking show if u eat alot of beans and dont wanna deal with te gas those can give u, one should soak them in water overnight (this one mentioned to use some lemon juice in the water). Not sure if the same thing works for Broccoli or not..may be worth a shot if u eat it alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elitesnautica Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 Any time you eat fiber, this will happen. Humans much like many other mammals can NOT properly digest fiber. In order to digest fiber humans have a symbiotic relationship with bacteria in our digestive tract. These bacteria digest the cellulose in order for our system to be able to absorb the nutrients.The biproduct of the bacteria's digestion of cellulose (fiber) is methane. The natural flora mentioned above is bacteria (mostly E coli) the numbers of these will grow with increased intake of fiber - but the methane will still be a biproduct - there will only be more bacteria to create the methane.As far as soaking beans or other methods it does not neccessarily work. Obviously the more digested the fiber is before it reaches the digestive tract, the less the bacteria will have to digest, therefore, the biproduct will be less.If you females would quit worrying about your boyfriends hearing you FART, then you could let the gas out and bloating would not be an issue.Good luckNautica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fkornre Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 If you females would quit worrying about your boyfriends hearing you FART, then you could let the gas out and bloating would not be an issue.girls with gas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gambitrah Posted June 8 Report Share Posted June 8 girls with gas lolgirls with gas = Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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