uncommon, she added.
To help you avoid excess gas and bloating, Heller offered these tips:
- Increase physical activity.
- Limit highly processed foods, such as fast food, frozen meals, junk food and fried food.
- Increase your fluid intake, and make peppermint tea part of it. Avoid carbonated beverages.
- Eat more foods that are rich in fiber, such as vegetables, legumes and whole grains. Increase these slowly and in small portions, and be sure to increase your fluid intake at the same time.
- Have smaller meals.
The report was published recently in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.
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