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serious topic to discuss a third of all
Americans women and men suffer from
bloating it is an uncomfortable buildup
of air that can form in your digestive
tract we know the side effects can be
painful and embarrassing but they can
also be warning signs of bigger health
issues that's why we have the man dr.
Mehmet Oz here thank you for joining us
this is something has to be taken
seriously what are we dealing with well
first of all let's talk about the
reality that for many folks you can add
about 3 inches to your waistline so for
that reason alone it's worth paying
attention to bloating and it's for men
and women of course we don't have the
problem personally but for a lot of
folks back there if it's an issue and
they and they get embarrassed about it
and I'm always concerned about
embarrassing questions because we learn
a lot if we just be honest about the
reality so let's talk about what's
really happening inside of our gut and
inside of course from the more common
reasons you get there's some serious
causes for it as well all right so let's
go through the basics and we'll get to
the larger issues what causes it well
that's what I have a quick animation
please so if you just look at this big
image of that you got a person who's
obviously a little bit bloated and you
look into their intestinal tract now
you'll see pretty rapidly that what
we're really talking about is this civil
war is happening inside your gut Civil
War and inside of there you see this
food bolus that green going through the
intestine irritated by that crisps and
it's spasms and it rebounds and it makes
gas here's the deal 20% of the gas that
causes the bloating in our body is
actually from gas we swallow 80% is from
the digestive process because when the
bacteria eat the food which is how we
digest them their waste product is gas
Wow all right so then we have to be
aware of what we're eating what can
cause this and then how to ameliorate
the condition so let's start with the
causes all right so classic causes are
carbonated beverages not surprisingly
because they have gas in them and so not
surprisingly if yep if you pour this
fast just the way it causes so bad and
gas in there is that's a bad pour
it'll also cause gas in your intestinal
system as the gas is as it comes out of
the stomach it goes down as well a lot
of artificial sweetener sorbitol in
particular are problematic because the
body has trouble digesting them and get
any sugars the bacteria love them and if
the body can't digest them early on that
bacteria will take care of them later on
same problem here these are great foods
right beans potatoes Brussels sprouts
broccoli cruciferous vegetables even
fruits like bananas can cause them the
reason is that the these vegetables will
often have sugars in them in starches
that are harder to digest so by the time
the bacteria the lower got get to them
all
you get his gas so just because it's a
good food doesn't mean it's gonna help
you with this condition and the average
person has about two liters enough
latest a day you know half a gallon of
plate it is normal for us to eat a lot
of fiber have this the question is what
do we do to our lives to make us a bit
more socially acceptable right and let's
do that what do we have here we have
that we've seen the answer is B no B no
has has changed my life I'll tell you if
you cannot soak your beans which is a
great way of loosening them up so the
bowels can digest them quickly Beano is
wonderful
it has a product that digests raffinose
which is the sugar that's in a lot of
these products and because of that it
allows your bites are there just a more
rapidly very big reason for gas these
days as well as bloating is Boonton
intolerance it's increased about four
times over the last five decades there
are lots of great options out there for
people who have gluten intolerance these
are examples again products are readily
available in every major store and
here's the trick that you have to be
aware of there is gluten wheat protein
and a lot of gluten in ice cream so you
have to be diligent you have to look for
it otherwise you'll sneak around and the
fourth major reason that you get
bloating again we covered them you know
carbonated beverages you think you eat
these vegetables and fruits the gluten
and the final is lactose intolerance now
you can take care of your lactose
intolerance in two ways the first is the
byproduct to have lactose in them the
enzymes actually in the products what
digested for you it helps your body
that's why you have lactose intolerance
the other is the byproducts that don't
have lactose in them so soy products
rice products right which I demonstrated
a couple here they look like regular
yogurt and regular American cheese but
they're made of product that don't have
like thisis so you get the taste but
they don't give you the problem this is
something you can take also right right
now this is a great example so we have
some soaps here my little demonstration
this soap would be the gas exactly and
these are over-the-counter products
right and they have simethicone in them
and if you watch this there's a method
cone will actually dissolve this pretty
quickly and by doing that it does the
exact same thing inside your gut and
what you want to do is look for product
have some ethical and in them they help
the bubbles dissolve and wonderful for
us for many reasons get all the tips on
abcnews.com let's quickly show a clip
from one of your upcoming shows because
this is an interesting time yeah and
remember big cause of bloating is impure
water is yes right our screen and your
stay alright so take a look at the clip
but what people don't recognize and this
is perhaps the most important thing I
want to say today because a lot of you
know there's a problem here you don't
recognize you've got a problem here
which is the water we bathe in and
shower in Naoto mom's right now and I
don't want to hedge on this I don't
think that you should be bathing your
kids in the tub
unless you know that waters clean this
is one of the most important shows we
did it's on tomorrow and I think it's
got to be on the radar screen for all of
America says my attention especially
with bathing the kids dr. oz thank you
so much as always
