10 Gas-Inducing Foods to Skip on Low-Flatulence Diet

10. Catch Your Breath

Eating too quickly increases the amount of air you swallow with food. This air is trapped in your intestines and must come out through belching, flatulence, or it may cause bloating or severe abdominal pain. Dentures that do not fit well, postnasal drip, and chewing gum can cause also increase flatulence; you to swallow more saliva with these activities, which carries more air bubbles to your GI tract. Smoking tobacco can actually irritate the digestive tract and lead to gas and bloating.

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