✨🙌🏼 BEAT THE BLOAT 🙌🏼✨ - Bloating occasionally is actually NORMAL! When you eat a large meal or a meal high in fibre, most of us get a little bloated. That is totally normal – what’s not normal is having bloating which is constant, painful or associated with other conditions like chronic diarrhoea. If this sounds like you, pop to your GP for a check up. - My top 10 easy tips to reduce bloating are: smaller frequent meals, looking at the overall fibre content of your diet (too little or too much fibre can make bloating worse), chewing your food properly (honestly SO helpful!), reducing carbonated/ bubbly drinks, reducing sweeteners/ sugar alcohols/ diet products, reducing ‘windy’ types of food such as beans, cabbage & cauliflower, instead of going dairy free trial low lactose instead (this seems to help the majority of my clients without completely removing dairy). Finally try limiting alcohol, processed foods & take-aways to assist with gut health & bloating 👊🏼 - Also, I think it’s important to note most women suffer from symptoms of bloating & other gut complains before or during their period which may result from hormone changes. About a week before a woman's period starts, levels of the hormone progesterone fall. Reduced levels of progesterone actually cause the uterus to shed its lining, which is what causes our menstrual bleeding. But along with this, the changes in progesterone & estrogen levels actually cause the body to retain more water & salt which makes the body's cells become swollen and this may cause bloating. So bloating just before or during your period is normal & one of the top tips I recommend to my clients for period bloating is to reduce the amount of salt consumed in the days leading up to your period. . . . ✅Click the link in bio for more✅ ✅Click the link in bio for more✅ ✅Click the link in bio for more✅ . . Follow us @ for more great health content. . . . Credit: @the_fitness_dietitian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . #whatveganseats #eatcleandiet #veganfoodspot #veganfoodshares #heresmyfoods #veganfoodblog #veganmealprep #vegetarianmealprep #cleaneatingdiet #veganswaps #vegancookbook #veganmealplan https://www.instagram.com/p/B9-L72bgl2Z/?igshid=ttily6i9mmjw
