![]() ![]() However, you can have overgrowths in the large intestine too. This can indicate an overgrowth of bacteria in the small intestine, where you DEFINITELY don’t want farters to be (remember, the vast majority of farters should all live happily in your large intestine). When this happens, we can get immediate bloating after eating a meal, where we puff up like a pregnant pufferfish within 45 min after eating. The problem: When the wrong farters grow where they shouldn’t, or outgrow their welcome even in a normal place. We fart too, after all, so no need judge the farters. So while they also produce some gas, your body is totally primed to tolerate the microbe farts as long as it’s mostly kept in the large intestine (let’s call it the farting chamber) rather than the small intestine, and in normal levels. When it comes to the farting variety of microbes (because not all of them produce gas), these guys can produce copious amounts of methane, hydrogen, hydrogen sulfide, and/or carbon dioxide after being fed.ĭon’t worry, this is not just normal, but beneficial! That’s because, through the process of fermentation, these little buggers often also produce helpful byproducts such lactate, acetate, or short-chain fatty acids-chemical byproducts that contribute to overall gut health. Now, these little guys need to eat to stay alive, so when you eat a meal to feed you, you’re also feeding your trillions of intestinal friends (or enemies, depending). Oh, and many of them produce gases - i.e. This is your human microbiome in a nut shell. ![]() Some are super helpful, some aren’t great but still normal in small doses, and some probably shouldn’t be there. While some are in the small intestine, most are in the large intestine. Your very long intestinal tract is filled to the brim with microbes: bacteria, yeast, viruses, archaea, and more. ![]() To better understand why this tool is so helpful, let’s start with a fun story about microbes that fart. Short story, it lets you know if your endo belly is due to gases blowing it up (not endo, exercise, or stress), which gases, and which foods are the culprits. What is it? A breath test device called the Food Marble, and it’s about to make your bloated life a whole lot easier. ![]() This is why I’m about to blow your mind with the coolest endo-belly invention since the girdle (kidding! Don’t use a girdle!). Honestly, you can’t see inside of your tummy so you really have no idea what’s going on without LOT of investigating. In fact, your endo may be so provoked you may wonder if it was your food causing the bloat, stress, exercise, or is it your endo causing the bloat? Pelvic pain, painful sex, painful pooping, or something else. In any scenario, you may also feel your belly bloat is associated with your endo symptoms. But you sure wonder if you have bacterial overgrowths causing the issues…. Your doc said this was due to (maybe) pelvic floor issues or (maybe) IBS. Perhaps you don’t actually have much bloating at all, but you sure have pooping issues! Diarrhea, constipation, or both, painful poop, acidic feeling poop, gross or bizarre poop. Or, queue a super stressful week at work and allllll weekend long your belly is as round as your pregnant sister. Or, maybe you exercise after work and BAM, here comes your endo belly. Now it’s nighttime, you’re taking a shower, and low and behold, you can’t even see your feet your tummy is so round. But over the course of the day, you slowly feel more and more rotund. You feel bloated, then really bloated, and an hour later you look in the mirror at your pregnancy-level bloat and wonder, “What the heck just happened?” Within 15 minutes, a pressure arises from within, you can feel it. ![]()
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