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How Can You Prevent Gas When You Eat Beans?

If you have noticed flatulence when you eat beans, you might like some home remedies to help. Traditional spices may make a difference.

Terry Graedon - April 21, 2024

Don’t Let Gas Ruin Your Marriage

Joe Graedon - August 14, 2023

Metformin (Glucophage) Side Effects & Complications

Terry Graedon - December 26, 2022

Can Taking a Probiotic Product Help You Sleep Better?

Joe Graedon - September 20, 2021

Excessive Flatulence Creates Challenges

Joe Graedon - September 9, 2019

Nurse Endorses Coffee to Stimulate Bowels After Surgery

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Terry Graedon - January 14, 2019

Can You Use Activated Charcoal to Fight Flatulence?

Some people fight flatulence with activated charcoal, but several other approaches also work quite well: Beano, bitters, Pepto-Bismol or herbs.

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Terry Graedon - January 7, 2019

What Happened to Cod Liver Oil as a Home Remedy?

A reader who remembers home remedies of long ago wonders what happened to cod liver oil. Although doctors no longer prescribe it, people still take it.

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Terry Graedon - July 9, 2018

Why Do Beans Make You Fart?

Many healthful foods, including legumes like beans and chickpeas or crucifers like broccoli and cabbage, have a downside. They create gas, or less delicately, make you fart.

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Terry Graedon - September 25, 2017

Will Probiotics Cut Gas from Drinking Milk?

Will probiotics cut gas due to lactose intolerance? Avoiding dairy products might be more effective, but some probiotic products could help.

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Terry Graedon - August 20, 2017

How Can You Overcome Gas from Metformin?

A number of natural products, from probiotics to spices and herbs such as fennel, ginger or peppermint, may help ease gas from metformin.

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Terry Graedon - October 24, 2016

How to Use Fennel Seeds for Embarrassing Gas

It can be difficult to fight flatulence, but you might have success if you use fennel seeds. Here is one reader's testimonial.

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Joe Graedon - April 11, 2016

Why is the FODMAP Diet Gaining Converts?

We bet you have never heard of the FODMAP diet, right? It could be the next big thing in gastroenterology for a variety of GI problems, especially gas.

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Terry Graedon - January 18, 2016

How to Track Down the Cause of Smelly Gas

Smelly gas can be embarrassing, so finding and eliminating the source is useful; might it be a multivitamin?

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Joe Graedon - December 24, 2015

Home Remedies for Flatulence Please!

Everyone passes gas but doing so in public is embarrassing to say the least, especially when visiting family. What are some home remedies for flatulence?

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Joe Graedon - November 26, 2014

How to Fight Post-Holiday Flatulence with Fennel Seed Tea

Home remedies for smelly gas include fennel tea, flax, and Angostura Bitters to name just a few.

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Joe Graedon - August 21, 2014

Healthy Foods Foster Flatulence: How to Prevent Gas?

A healthy diet can cause excess flatulence, but there are effective solutions for managing this common problem.

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Terry Graedon - January 20, 2014

Ambien Can Trigger Bad Heartburn Along with Sleep

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Terry Graedon - March 11, 2013

Will Flatulence Lead to Failing Grade?

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Terry Graedon - December 6, 2012

Where To Find Flatulence Activator?

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Joe Graedon - October 1, 2012

Simple Seed Solved Gas Problem

No one like the unpleasant feeling (or stench) of gas. Fortunately there are a number of good home remedies that can be quite helpful for treating it.

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Joe Graedon - August 16, 2012

Embarrassing Gas Is Ruining Life

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Terry Graedon - May 7, 2012

High-Fiber Bar Leads to Flatulence

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Terry Graedon - August 29, 2011

Pepto-Bismol to Banish Smelly Gas

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Joe Graedon - August 11, 2011

Wife Seeks Solution For Hubby’s Smelly Gas

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Terry Graedon - March 20, 2011

Managing Gas

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Terry Graedon - February 10, 2010

Looking for Cause of Gas

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Joe Graedon - June 1, 2009

Pepto-Bismol to De-Odorize Gas

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Joe Graedon - May 8, 2008

Are Sugar Substitutes A Culprit For Gas?

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Joe Graedon - February 27, 2008

Do NSAIDs Cause Gas?

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Joe Graedon - December 20, 2007

Getting Rid Of Gas

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Joe Graedon - November 5, 2007

A Cork Won’t Solve Excessive Gas

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Terry Graedon - August 10, 2007

Healthful Diet May Cause Gas