WestCoaster
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I've always found there are 2 reasons someone has bloating: Eaten the wrong thing or they've eaten too much (usually combined with the wrong thing).
Easiest way i've ever removed any type of bloating is simply fasting for a period of time. Either skip breakfast, or skip breakfast and lunch. This doesn't mean go down the rabbit hole of "ok I'll just fast until dinner time indefinitely for ever and ever". No, just simply lower your food intake until the bloating has subsided; it may be a day or 2. Best way to remove unwanted bacteria, starve them.
Foods that commonly cause bloating or issues in people: Dairy, Sugar, Grains, and Nightshade Vegetables. Again this doesn't mean going down the rabbit hole and removing all these foods indefinitely, it just means you probably have a threshold of what your body can handle before saying "no more". This will change on a daily basis given your activity. Are you a sedentary couch potato one day and tearing it up in the gym the next? Requirements will change, listen to your body.
Remember we're built on balance, moderation if you will. We're not built to go "rabbit holing" as I call it; going too far down one path screwing ourselves up, only need some sort of drastic intervention in the other direction to correct things. An example would be someone who construed the paleo/primal diet as low carb and subsequently has gone either extreme low carb (or 0 carb) for too long, requiring a complete metabolic reset.
Sometimes the best course of action is to simply not eat anything at all.
Easiest way i've ever removed any type of bloating is simply fasting for a period of time. Either skip breakfast, or skip breakfast and lunch. This doesn't mean go down the rabbit hole of "ok I'll just fast until dinner time indefinitely for ever and ever". No, just simply lower your food intake until the bloating has subsided; it may be a day or 2. Best way to remove unwanted bacteria, starve them.
Foods that commonly cause bloating or issues in people: Dairy, Sugar, Grains, and Nightshade Vegetables. Again this doesn't mean going down the rabbit hole and removing all these foods indefinitely, it just means you probably have a threshold of what your body can handle before saying "no more". This will change on a daily basis given your activity. Are you a sedentary couch potato one day and tearing it up in the gym the next? Requirements will change, listen to your body.
Remember we're built on balance, moderation if you will. We're not built to go "rabbit holing" as I call it; going too far down one path screwing ourselves up, only need some sort of drastic intervention in the other direction to correct things. An example would be someone who construed the paleo/primal diet as low carb and subsequently has gone either extreme low carb (or 0 carb) for too long, requiring a complete metabolic reset.
Sometimes the best course of action is to simply not eat anything at all.