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Expert: John J. Porterfield Date: 8/24/2004 Subject: bloating
Question i have a question. i noticed some bloating in my stomach (or in another terms, it "sticks out" looking like i'm pregnant but i'm not) and i don't know what caused my stomach to look like that. my hips grew a bit wider too i think. is it due to salty foods? and what could i do to prevent it from happening again?
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Intestinal gas (flatus) and burping can be embarrassing problems. Bloating, a feeling of fullness in the abdomen, can be quite uncomfortable. Gas, burping, and bloating can often be prevented by changing how or what you eat or drink. Common causes of gas and bloating include:
(1) Swallowing air. If swallowed air is not burped up, it passes through the digestive tract and is released through the anus as flatus. Excessive air swallowing may cause hiccups.
(2) Gas-producing foods and beverages.
(3) Constipation. This can cause bloating but generally not increased gas.
(4) Medications or nutritional supplements.
If you eat a lot of salt (sodium chloride), then the concentration of sodium increases. To bring it back to normal, your body has two options: excrete the excessive sodium in your urine, or hold onto more water so you can dilute the concentration of sodium in your blood. If you hold onto more water, then you may feel more bloated.
Flush out excess water by lowering your salt intake, drinking more water, exercising, and eating more fruit (especially cantaloupe, honeydew, and oranges; bananas are helpful, too, because of their water-eliminating potassium, but they are higher in calories than the other fruits suggested).
It is important to note, fluid retention in the abdomen is one of the most common symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS). One of the changes associated with puberty for a girl includes the hip and thigh areas becoming fuller and more rounded. In other words, women do have a wider pelvis to facilitate childbearing.
