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Wind

  • When one has bloated stomach and gives of flatulence or burping. This is caused by swallowing pockets of air when we are during eating, drinking or swallowing saliva or it can be caused when we digest our food, it releases gases and the body must remove these gases causing ‘wind’ symptoms.

 

Examples causing the above include:

  • Chewing gum
  • Drinking fizzy drinks
  • Drinking alcohol
  • Drinking to fast
  • Drinking through a straw
  • Eating to fast
  • Eating too much
  • Loose dentures
  • Smoking 
  • Eating and/or drinking Dairy products
  • Eating high- fibre foods i.e High-fiber cereals, Brans, wheats and breads
  • High-fat foods
  • Gluten intolerance
  • Lactose intolerance
  • Irritable bowel syndrome
  • Eating certain carbohydrate (take longer to digest and release more gases) and fatty foods

Certain carbohydrates:

  • Artichokes
  • Beans, lentils and pulses
  • Broccoli
  • Brussel sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Cauliflower
  • Potatoes
  • Pasta
  • Corns
  • Fructose containing products (i.e. fruit juices)
  • Fruits (depends on individual on which cause flatulence and belching)
  • Prunes
  • Raisins
  • Sorbitol containing products (sweetener or sugar-free containing products)

 

Wind can also be caused by :

  • Emotionally stressed, anxious and nervous
  • Poor fitting dentures
  • Sucking on pen tops
  • Smoking
  • Not chewing food properly (swallowing large lumps can cause more swallowed air)
  • Disease: When food is difficult to digest i.e. food intolerance, constipation conditions and digestion conditions
  • Medication

Symptoms

Does one have:

  • Only wind?
  • Bloated stomach?
  • Belching?
  • Feel air moving inside from your stomach to abdomen and then release wind?
  • Trapped wind and burping ('foul rotten egg smell’)?
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