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Re: bloating and weight gainFrom: anonymous (anonymous@obgyn.net)Wed Jun 15 15:51:24 2005
Angela, If bloating and weight gain are your only concerns: The first thing you need to look at is your diet. The second thing you need to look at is your medications. Are you eating white flour/white sugar based carbohydrates? They are the primary cause of bloating and gas in all people, women especially and women with any sort of hormonal imbalance or gyne disorder are particularly prone to bloating and weight gain from these foods. Switch to whole grain and multigrain breads and pastas and skip the baked goods, crackers and potatoes for a week or two and see if that helps. What about dairy products? They commonly cause an increase in mucous production and the gut is a big ole mucous membrane and too much dairy can inflame your gut causing bloating, gas and weight gain. Some women also notice that if they have too much animal protein in their diets they will also get a lot of bloating and gas. Try sticking to lean meats and no more than 4 or 6 oz per day and see if that helps. Increase your raw vegetable intake and your water intake and if this is caused by your diet then you should see an improvement. This does not mean you can never, ever have white bread or cookies again but it does mean you have to plan your meals over a period of time to make sure you balance the 'bad' carbs with the 'good' carbs. Basically whiteºd and brown=good. As to the medications - hormonal medications such as birth control pills change the way your body metabolizes certain substances and you may need to alter your diet to combat these effects. Certain other medications and herbal remedies/supplements will also cause these symptoms so you should check with your pharmacist about the side-effects. By the way, most otherwise healthy women who switch to multigrain carbs from white carbs lose weight very steadily and often notice a decrease in the pain levels and duration of their flare-ups and also notice a longer timespan between them. Men on the same diet usually lose weight at about three times faster than women. If you have other concerns such as increased pain, discharge, bleeding, fever, rash, etc. then please check with your doctor to rule out anything else. If after two weeks of avoiding the foods most commonly behind the cause of symptoms you describe you see no improvement then you should see your doctor who may then decide to run some tests. These tests can be invasive and uncomfortable so trying the diet change would be best if you are free of any other symtpoms that indicate serious illness or disease. Good luck!
At Wed, 15 Jun 2005, Angela wrote:
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