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your gut throwing a tantrum and inflating like a balloon you didn't sign up for
means The uncomfortable swelling or feeling of fullness in your belly, usually from trapped gas, fluid, or food.
from From "bloat," which traces back to an old Germanic root meaning "soft" or "swollen" — possibly related to Old Norse "blautr," meaning soggy or pulpy. The word once described things that puffed up wetly or limply, and over time it settled onto the particular indignity of a distended stomach. The "-ing" simply makes it the ongoing act of swelling.
- gas volume
- Healthy guts make up to 2 liters daily
- trapped, not gained
- Most bloat is air, not actual fat
- swallowed air
- Eating fast packs your stomach with extra gas
- bacterial fermentation
- Gut microbes feast on fiber, exhaling gas
- visible swelling
- Waistlines can expand inches by evening
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