Diet Changes and Increased Gas: What's the Connection?

Hey all!

It's been a while since I've been active here. I had my ileostomy for over 10 years now and have gone through quite an ordeal at the beginning. Earlier this year, I decided to lose weight and changed my diet. I eliminated yogurt, chips, crackers, cookies, and switched to wheat bread. The issue I am having is that now I have episodes of gas for a while, especially at work. This makes me nervous to go into meetings, as you can imagine. I spend most of my time either in my office, on the production floor, or in the maintenance shop. I never had these issues at the last company I worked for or even before the dietary change. I haven't added anything to my diet, just elimination of the above items.

Could anything I have eliminated actually curbed the gassy episodes?

Bread and grains give me gas; others may be different. Try removing the bread from your diet.

Hi Derek, I read your post and wanted to comment. I found yogurt to be very helpful with gas. I eat it several times per week because I have other stomach issues and it helps. Several people suggested that I take a probiotic but the yogurt is fine for me. It also helps lessen stool odor. Take care. LH

Thanks MMSH and LadyHope!

I am going to go back to white bread from wheat and see what happens. I will also look for a low-fat yogurt with low/no sugar.

Hi again....I can't eat the no sugar brand yogurt because it makes my stomach hurt, give me indigestion. I think it is the fake sweetener. Take care and good luck. LH

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Hi. I think bread and grains give gas.