My answer to How do you treat stomach bloating?
Answer by Connie b. Dellobuono:
Chew food well. Take digestive enzymes in the morning (and probiotics 3hrs before a meal ) or eat pineapple /papaya after a meal (20min). Drink water 15min after meal. Walk after a meal. Do not chew gums on empty stomach. The carbohydrates found in some vegetables can produce gas, bloating and flatulence:
•Artichokes
•Asparagus
•Beets
•Broccoli
•Brussel sprouts
•Cabbage and sauerkraut
•Carrots
•Cauliflower
•Celery
•Corn
•Green peppers
•Leeks
•Legumes (i.e. black-eyed peas, bog beans, broad beans, field beans, lima beans,
mung beans, pinto beans, red kidney beans, baked beans, bean salads, chickpeas,
chili, lentils, lentil soup, peanuts, peanut butter, peas, dried peas, split-pea
soup, soybeans, soy milk, tofu, and other soy products). Note: Soak beans overnight, remove white frothy bubbles on top of the boiling beans.
•Onions
•Parsley
•Potatoes
•Radishes
•Sweet peppers
Other gas/flatulence producing vegetables include,
•Cucumbers
•Kohlrabi
•Lettuce
•Rutabaga
•Turnips
•Zucchini
Breads, grains, cereals, and nuts:
Some people can’t digest wheat properly which can lead to fermentation and gas build-up when eating wheat and wheat products such as,
•Bagels
•Breakfast cereals
•Whole grain breads
•Whole wheat flour
•Pastries
Other difficult to digest grains and nuts include,
•Barley
•Granola
•Oat bran
•Oat flour
•Pistachios
•Rice bran
•Rye
•Sesame flour
•Sorghum
•Sunflower flour
•Wheat bran