Bloated belly

[Rosenicola]

Hi there

I always have a bloated belly. I am a size 10, but sometimes it's that bloated that i look pregnant.

I'm not very educated on diets etc, but what is the best food to avoid to prevent my belly always being like this.
Thanks :-)

xx

[chelsea78]

it sounds like a sugar belly, just try and lay off all sweets cakes and those that contain sugar i no its easier said then done but it will go

[SRH]

It could be down to your diet. I find processed and salty foods bloat me up (such as ready meals and white bread). Try eating multigrain bread and brown rice instead and get lots of fibre through veg.

Funnily enough, I find the best thing for getting rid of bloating is beans (kidney, black eyed etc - not the ones in tomato sauce). Although they have a reputation for making you - erm - gassy, I find the day after having something like a veg and bean chilli my stomach is flatter. Meat can also be a bit difficult to digest if you are prone to bloating, so I cut down when I'm bloated.

It could also be a bit of water retention so make sure you get your eight glasses of water a day and cut down on coffee.

Fizzy drinks, smoking and swallowing a lot can pump extra air into your guts, which will make you bloat, so avoid these if possible.

Finally, you could try pysllium husks (from all health food shops) - you mix them with water and it looks and tastes like wallpaper paste but 'sloughs' the inside of your gut and keeps everything moving!

[4getmenot]

yakult or one of them kind of drinks are good

[dot.hawkes]

if you eat white bread alot it will be because you nhave a wheat or yeast intolerance. Cut out bread completely or try oatbread or the Danish weightwatchers bread