farting-help

Karlrove

hey,my mate is a 30 year old vegetarian and female, but over the last couple of years she s noticed that her wind is smelling very badly. does anyone have any ideas if she could be allergic to something or intolerent. is there a nutritionalist on the northside of dublin that could test her or give her help. thanks for any help

TommyKnocker

Hi There

As it would probably cost at least as much if not more to get an appointment with a nutritionist as it would to visit a GP, I woudl suggest your friends first stop shoudl be her GP, who coudl probably arrange a patch test to check for allergies.


Best Regards,

M

Doug Cartel

Remember, the terms "nutritionist" and "nutritionalist" (and other variants you might see) are not protected terms and any eejit can set themselves up as one. "Dietician" is the protected term, for which you need qualifications.

Now I'm not saying that all nutritionists are useless, but just be careful to vet them properly before you go to them.

You could also check out the health food shops where they have all sorts of things that are supposed to help with these things, from ginger tablets to ones that are supposed to restock your gut flora. Again I can't say anything about effectiveness, but you could give them a try.

Khannie

Gonna move this to N&D.....

Smelly farts are a bad sign. My first stop would be the GP.

metamorphosis

Although not a vegetarian - i can relate! It's prety normal to pass gas through out the day but there is reguler gas and not regular lets kill the locals gas. I can go a good while without much gas/if any (not noticeable) but then i get attacks of the smelliest stinkiest gas. Im almost serious when i say im surprised i have not lost friends yet as they get angry with me!!

When i get the attacks it's because i have started eating something that does not agree with me on a regular basis again eg wheat, milk (i have IBS - seems to run in my family)

You also say your friend is a vegetarian. She might be eating lots of lentils/beans/veggies. Many are notoriously hard to digest which could easily explain the gas too.

You can get blood test and tested for lactose intolerance from your GPs. Stay away form the trickery of 'nutritionists' in the likes of health shops etc.

rubadub

ULstudent wrote: »

You also say your friend is a vegetarian. She might be eating lots of lentils/beans/veggies. Many are notoriously hard to digest which could easily explain the gas too.

I remember hearing of some study done to find the "smelliest recipe" for foods/gas, it was a mix of something like warm beer, sugar & pinto beans -which would cause some amount of fermentation.

I am wondering if she overestimates the smell of them, I know my sister used to insist that she (and all women) do not fart! There was a guy on the production floor in my place who did horrific ones, I remember out talking to another guy and just heard the smelly lad roar "FART!", the lads all dropped their tools and walked out of the building, I was asking what the hell was going on, and they told me to get out, then it hit me like a kick in the face! you had to get out, it was inhuman.

El_Dangeroso

Is it wrong that I'm sat here laughing?

OP, excessive foul wind is fundamentally caused by things that should be digested further up the chain getting into the intestines and fermenting. Some wind is natural of course and fermented fibre plays an important role in health. But this does not sound normal.

See a doc to rule out any issues with H. Pylori, candida or gall bladder issues, they can all cause this problem.

If all that's ruled out then it would be good to cut down on the fibre temporarily at least. The SCD (specific carbohydrate diet) is a free online guide to a diet that will help. It's good for crohn's, IBS and colitis sufferers too:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info/legal/legal_illegal_a-c.htm

Muirgheal

I have had a problem with flatulence for quite a while, which is related to IBS.

Someone recommended that I add asafoetida to my meals. It has anti-flatulence properties.

I have added it to some of my fav recipes that normally leave me gassy, and I have noticed a reduction.

May help.

EileenG

For what it's worth, I notice that I don't fart (or not that I notice) when I'm eating keto (very low carb) but I fart like a cheap hunting horn when I'm doing a carb-up. Wheat seems to be one of the worst culprits, and I remember from my vegetarian days that I used to eat a lot of pasta....

ApeXaviour

I'll second Eileen there as I'm exactly the same. Gluten foods (pasta/bread/noodles) especially make them foul.

spaceylou

If the OP's friend is eating lots of beans and other pulses as a veggie then as someone else already mentioned they can be hard to digest and lead to excessive farting. I did read and have found it works, to a certain degree, that adding lemon juice to beans often helps reduce this problem. No clue of the science behind it but its in the start of the 'pulses' chapter of a veggie cook book i have so I didn't make it up!!

Of course if its very bad, a trip to the gp to rule out anything serious is probably a pretty good idea.

hcass

Ah Rubadub - thank you for making me laugh. That was hilarious, grown men dropping their tools - it must have been heinous.