Are you a vegetarian with bad gas?

Question

...or am i the only one. Maybe i'm just a gassy person.

Answer 1

I'm one of those bean loving vegans,

so yes I do have bad gas.

Not bad smelling, but frequent.

Answer 2

No, I am a vegan and I have rather good gas.

Answer 3

Sometimes. Try making this stuff, it helps a lot with gas or upset stomach.

BeNo--You Know You Need It!!

Ingredients

    1 cup water

    1/8 teaspoon crushed mint

    1/8 teaspoon baking soda

    1/2 teaspoon lemon juice

Directions:

Mix the above ingredients together.  Gulp it down just before your meal--or during.

You can substitute crushed mint with sage or thyme.

Answer 4

Not answering your question but making an observation:

I am quite surprised at the low number of posters (at the moment anyway) either very few people care to admit they have frequent gas attacks or most think it is not worth discussing

Answer 5

Snap.

Answer 6

Omnivores actually tend to have way worse smelling body odors than vegetarians and vegans, regardless of the gas.  And vegans taste better.  (:

Answer 7

I have horrid gas.  I farted 45 times in one hour once and I'm not kidding.

Cut down on the dairy if you eat it.

Answer 8

Raw vegetables can cause gas as do a lot of dairy products.

Usually beans etc cause the most problems.

Pinto beans, black-eyed peas, black beans and chick peas are relatively benign. Indian pulses, such as split mung beans (mung dhal), or red lentils (masoor dhal) are easy to digest. Navy beans, adzuki beans, green or yellow split peas, and brown lentils, may be harder to digest, and therefore more gaseous.

Beans should always be cleaned, rinsed, then soaked, whether or not they are pressure cooked. Soaking loosens the skins, and releases the gas causing agent.

When cooking beans, discard the soaking water, and use fresh. Bring to a boil, skim the foam, and boil ten minutes uncovered. Again, this loosens the skins, and releases gaseous chemicals (oligosaccherides). Don't add salt or baking soda to beans when cooking, but you can add a few fennel seeds, a slice of ginger, a bay leaf, or a strip of kombu (sea vegetable). These make beans more digestible.

Answer 9

I loooove beans and lentils and therefore get frequent gas! But it's not stinky... just poppy and machine-gun-like.

The only time I've had stinky gas is when I've eaten eggs or dairy which I don't really do anymore...

Answer 10

No, I'm a vegan with very regular and normal digestive activities going on down there.

Guess I'm lucky!

I used to be quite gassy after eating raw broccoli. (which happens to be my fave vegetable!) Even though I was rather offensive after my daily lunch salads, I refused to give it up. I love it just that much. After a while, it's like broccoli and I turned a corner and I don't have any more issues. I wish I could give you some concrete advice or some sort of a fantastic cure, but mine went away after I rode it out.

Good luck!

Answer 11

It is a part of being human. You may need to look into nutritional issues to find out what exactly is causing it. Meat causes a great amount of flatulence, so I'm not sure why veggies always get blamed.

Answer 12

Yea, I'm a vegan, and i tend to f**t lots.

I do have a lot of beans, and lots of things with fibre .(branflakes etc).

So that probably doesn't help, lol.

Some times they smell extremely bad but sometimes they're ok. =].

Answer 13

Several things can cause GAS(which is no fun)

1) Improperly combined foods

http://acidalkalinediet.com/index.html?h...

2) Need for Digestive Enzymes, I use a basic one from the Vitamin Shoppe     HCL

3) Food Allergies

Common ones are Soy, Dairy, Eggs, Wheat(Gluten), but those are just to name a few. I have over 50 food allergies. Pay attention on what you eat & when you have problems.

4) Some foods just are more gassy than others.

I hope this helps.

Slainté (to your health)

Answer 14

Vegetarian foods aren't the only thing that makes gas, as I know plenty of meat eaters who also have bad gas problems.

I would say to try some of the products others have mentioned. I also want to add that when I cook beans and such, I will add a little baking soda to the cooking process and it seems to lessen the amount of problem I have after eating them.

Answer 15

no dear i am not and u cannot associate gas with being a veggie or non vegg.....

Answer 16

I was. I found out that I was not digesting my food very well. Another tell tell sign is to look at your stool. Is it homogeneous in the way it looks? If so, then you are OK. But if you can see bits and pieces of the food you ate, then you are not digesting your food very well. And if you do not digest very well, then the bacteria are having a very good life in your digestive tract (all the way to the end of the line practically), and partying with methane gas as their by-product.

I ended up having to take HCL (hydrochloric) pills for awhile to get my digestion going again. Now I have no gas, and homogeneous stools!

Answer 17

Some fresh vegetables promote more gas than others. Veges such as broccoli and cabbage give you a lot of gas. Don't stop eating them though. Their rewards are far too great. Just find a private corner to get rid of all that gas. LOL Or if you could figure out a way to contain it you could sell it to replace the $4 gas at the stations. LOL