Many people complain about gas and bloating, and assume it comes from eating certain foods. Food poisoning in the U.S.
causes 48 million people to get sick each year, according to the CDC, so it’s easy to blame the food you ate for your digestive problems, and people are rightly concerned about food safety. They may blame a restaurant for the way they handled the food. Or they may conclude that they can’t eat certain kinds of foods that cause them gas and indigestion.
They may wonder if the food contain certain pesticides, or other contaminants, that is causing their digestive problems. So they change diets, and find different restaurants, and change their grocery store, hoping to find a way to better digestion, but often failing to find the answer. However, the problem may not be a food safety issue, or the food, or the way it is grown or prepared.
The problem may be their own digestive process. Otherwise healthy foods can create a gaseous, cramping experience if your digestion is not working properly. We know when we have a stomach bug that our digestion is off, it pays to avoid foods which may stress digestion, including high fiber, high fat, and spicy foods.
Frequently, people have digestive distress regardless what they eat. What could be causing this digestive problem, if not the food? Keep in mind that digestion requires the free passage of food from the mouth to the anus. In between, there are soft, tubular organs, including the stomach and the small and large int.
