Three years ago I was golfing with a friend and my stomach started expanding until I had to unbutton my shorts. I hadn't eaten anything except a bottle of Ensure and some water. The bloating has never gone away. My stomach is flat in the morning but still very hard.
I have tried everything including CAT scan, ultra sounds, gluten free diet, dairy free diet, I even started The Plan. I lost a few pounds but on the fourth day I drank my first 16 oz. of water and my stomach went up two inches!!
There is no pain or gas of any kind but it is life altering anyway. I have spoken to several doctors about it and have come to the conclusion that they don't really listen and even if they do they don't believe it.
It makes me sad to read about young girls with this same issue. I just hope there is an answer to this most annoying problem. If I ever find an answer I will post it everwhere.
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I had the same problem back in 2020-2021. Eventually I figured out that it was the plastic (all plastic containers have ingredients that are comprised of a chemical compound that has been found to cause cancer, infertility, and interfere with your hormones), this chemical compound is called a xenoestrogen. There are 3 ingredients used by plastic manufacturers that contain these xenoestrogens (they are Phthalates, BPA, and Parabens). In 2013 the FDA banned the use of BPA in all plastic products after a study was published linking it to cancer, infertility, hormone disruption. There are other studies linking xenoestrogens to these ingredients as well as what other products contain xenoestrogens (synthetic estrogen). BTW all pharmaceuticals (approved by the FDA and Not approved by the FDA) are made entirely of synthetic ingredients. The body can't use synthetics. The liver attempts to expell these toxins but usually some end up being stored in fat. All foods, beverages and toxins can cause inflammation in the gut (if your gut microbiom isn't healthy). Sadly most foods and beverages available today are lacking nutrients, contain insoluble ingredients (artificial sugar, insoluble fiber, soluble fiber, refined carbs, grains, etc) the probiotics that we need for a healthy gut are eliminated from most products (as a result of Pasturization)-including all yogurts that aren't raw organic grass-fed. I stopped consuming bottled water, canned foods, sweets, fast food, junk food and within 1.5-2 weeks my bloated gut (I also visited 2 physicians and they both blamed it on constipation) began to soften. I'm back to drinking bottled water only because the tap water at my home gives me abdominal pain (contaminated). Good luck.
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