Help me understand my (in)digestion issues
Hi,
So, if I drink too much milk (>250ml), I feel like a brick in my stomach for the next 6-10hrs. It may causes me night sweats too.
More than 250g of yogurt seems to cause me issues too, although less severe.
I am trying Kefir (<150g) and it seems to feel 'light' to digest. I eat it and I don't feel it.
Generally, I have a lot of gas generation (both burps and farts). A few times I have eaten a pizza and my belly swell, I looked like I was 5 months pregnant all of a sudden! Then the morning I was 'flat' again. Last time this happened, I ate some bread rolls homemade with no dairy, but a bit fat (olive oil) (however, I don't remember if I ate dairy that day).
Cheese-wise: I digest hard cheeses easier than soft cheeses. Soft cheeses seem to generate some kind of 'heat' or burning in my intestine (less so in the stomach).
I don't have diarrhea nor costipation issues. Although some days I have something similar to diarrhea as I poo 4 times in 1 day (soft stools).
Other trigger foods seem to be: peanut butter and sesame oil.
Do I have issues digesting lactose products? Or is it generic IBS? Can the IBS be cause by dairy products? Is it gluten intollerance/sensitivity?
I am not a medical professional so I can't diagnose you. All I can do, is speak from my personal experience. I feel like the lines can get blurred. Sometimes I myself don't know what causes what. But I think the important thing to focus on is the root cause. It seems like your gut flora is just off. There was a time where I would eat pizza and my stomach would explode with so much bloat. It was unreal. Pizza, bread, pasta. It turned out I had SIBO and yeast overgrowth. Basically too much bad bacteria in my stomach and the yeast. All of it causes bloat. Perhaps ask your doctor to test you for SIBO? It was my Naturopathic Medical Doctor that tested me for the yeast though. Conventional GI won't know how to do so. -Elizabeth (team member)
