flatulence on non low carb diet

[steflou]

This is of a delicate nature but has anyone noticed on a regular high carb diet they have alot more flatulence? I read where a low carb diet can help flatulence.:rolleyes:

[Ammy]

yes, it's true...it helps a LOT (for me anyway)
When I have a honey tree day (I eat higher carbs), it definitely reappears.
But when I eat low carb, there is silence...


:o:o:o:o

[Mitra]

Definitely. The gas is produced by the breakdown of starches in the gut, so usually disappears once you stop eating starches in significant quantities.

[Anniesnan]

:DIt was one of the bonus side effects, and definitely illustrates the point that we aren't meant to eat carbs in great numbers

[CindyCRNA]

I'll tell you what gets me: raw, as in salads. Lord have mercy! I have to take 5 Beano to get a salad down and the beano only helps. Yes, limiting vegetables helps a lot.

[Frank Hagan]

Definite improvement for me (been on PP low carb since 3/11/09). After only a few weeks, I had far less stomach ailments including gas ... I'm even off Prilosec for the first time in about 12 years.

I'm about half way to my weight goal, and I'm a little worried about adding carbs back in!

[steflou]

Frank, I am glad you mentioned in your blog about the before/after picture of the woman having been stretched in the advertisement for "liquid diets" such Medifast, Optifast, etc. I ordered some Medifast this week, did one day and could not take it anymore! I don't see how real people stick to diets like this! Because my money is tight I am going to use the bars but not ordering anymore! I had been getting frustrated with losing weight. Does doing low carb cause goiters? I seem to have a tight feeling in the throat but not bulging-am getting a thyroid test friday (bloodwork). I read where if you don't eat at least 50 carbs a day your body thinks it is starving and makes you hypothroid. Is this true?

[Dutchess2009]

Absolutely I notice a difference. A bonus being on PP for sure.

[Frank Hagan]

Frank, I am glad you mentioned in your blog about the before/after picture of the woman having been stretched in the advertisement for "liquid diets" such Medifast, Optifast, etc. I ordered some Medifast this week, did one day and could not take it anymore! I don't see how real people stick to diets like this! Because my money is tight I am going to use the bars but not ordering anymore! I had been getting frustrated with losing weight. Does doing low carb cause goiters? I seem to have a tight feeling in the throat but not bulging-am getting a thyroid test friday (bloodwork). I read where if you don't eat at least 50 carbs a day your body thinks it is starving and makes you hypothroid. Is this true?

Amazing, isn't it? I think the Fat Head Blog author really nailed that one on the head. After he "un-stretched" the picture, I thought the "before" looked better than the "after". The class action suit I mention later on was for one of those diets that also included laxatives, kind of a dubious way to lose weight, IMO.

I don't think there's a connection between carbs and goiters, but I'll have to check the PP book when I get home. There is a connection between iodine and goiter, and there are studies now that show the most health conscious people are the ones getting goiters again. The reason? They eat "raw" or "sea" salt rather than iodized salt. Dr. Davis at his Heart Scan Blog has several articles on it at this link (http://heartscanblog.blogspot.com/search?q=goiter). It used to be that goiters were very common in the heartland of the US due to the lack of seafood eaten there, then it disappeared. Now they are coming back again.

The two things I've heard about going low carb is that you will lose water weight initially, and with that may have a potassium deficit. This can cause cramping in the legs. Drs. Eades recommends at least 90 mg of potassium as a supplement per day or using a "salt substitute" (which is a potassium salt). Perhaps that's what the constriction in your throat is? I am not sure, but your doctor will probably know.

The other thing I've read is that magnesium might be reduced, and some people supplement with it; a magnesium deficit evidently gives the same symptoms of cramping in the legs.

[gitfiddle]

a magnesium deficit evidently gives the same symptoms of cramping in the legs.Yes, indeed. I thought I was taking adequate mag at 450/day, but still had night-time leg cramps. I now take a 225mg at bedtime in addition, with my doctor's approval. I was surprised, but it worked.