Did You Know That Eating Too Quickly Can Cause Bloating?
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10 Most Common Habits That Can Cause Bloating 1. Eating Too Quickly 2. Talking While Eating 3. Drinking From a Bottle or Through a Straw 4. Drinking Too Much Water 5. Sitting, Slouching, or Lying Down 6. Sucking on Mints or Chewing Gum 7. Skipping Meals Then Eating More Later 8. Snoring at Night 9. Eating Late at Night 10. Being Constantly Stressed Key Takeaways
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Have you been eating healthy food, hydrating regularly, and exercising? Then why are you still bloated? Instead of just what you are eating, bloating could sometimes be about how you eat, when you eat, and other habits. In this post, we’ll go through 10 common habits that could be causing your bloating.
10 Most Common Habits That Can Cause Bloating
This blog will discuss the following common habits that might secretly be behind your bloating.
- Eating Too Quickly
- Talking While Eating
- Drinking from a Bottle or Through a Straw
- Drinking Too Much Water
- Sitting, Slouching, or Lying Down
- Sucking on Mints or Chewing Gum
- Skipping Meals Then Eating More Later
- Snoring at Night
- Eating Late at night
- Being Constantly Stressed
1. Eating Too Quickly
When you swallow food before chewing properly, air gets trapped. This makes it more difficult for your digestive system to break down the food, causing bloating. Eating too quickly can also lead to overeating because it makes it harder for you to recognize when you are full. This can lead to increased bloating. In order to counter this habit, try to eat slower during mealtimes and follow your tailored Claisen treatment plan for everyday relief.
2. Talking While Eating
When you open your mouth while eating, especially with a mouthful of food in your mouth, you tend to swallow air, leading to excess air intake. This leads to gas buildup in the digestive tract, leading to bloating.
3. Drinking From a Bottle or Through a Straw
When you drink from a straw or bottle, air comes through the straw before your water. Therefore, these methods of drinking water lead to you swallowing air while drinking. This air can cause bloating through gas buildup in the digestive tract. To avoid this, try to regularly drink from a glass or cup, instead of a bottle or straw.
4. Drinking Too Much Water
When you drink too much water, it is hard for your body to remove it all through urine. In addition, drinking too much water too quickly can cause your stomach to become too full in a short amount of time, causing bloating.
On the other hand, when you don’t drink enough water, your body keeps water due to the shortage of fluids, causing a buildup of fluid in the digestive system, ultimately leading to bloating. To avoid this, drink water in small sips throughout the day.
5. Sitting, Slouching, or Lying Down
Slouching, sitting or lying down after a meal causes the compression of your digestive organs, trapping gas in your digestive system. These postures can slow the movement of food through your digestive system. As food digests slower, you will feel more bloated. In addition, lying down after eating causes stomach acid to flow back into your esophagus, leading to heartburn and potential bloating.
Instead of following the above practices, wait a couple of hours after eating before lying down or slouching. You could also take a short walk after eating to enhance digestion and reduce bloating. As a bonus tip, pair these suggestions with your Claisen personalized treatment plan.
6. Sucking on Mints or Chewing Gum
Just like eating too quickly and drinking through a straw, chewing gum and sucking on mints leads to you swallowing excess air that gets trapped in your digestive system.
In addition, sugar-free gum contains sugar alcohols such as xylitol and sorbitol. These artificial sweeteners are hard for your body to digest. They also ferment in the gut, causing gas and bloating. If you notice that you feel bloated after chewing these types of gum, consider switching to gum with alternative sweeteners and reducing your overall consumption of gum. Chewing the gum with your mouth closed might also reduce the amount of swallowed air.
7. Skipping Meals Then Eating More Later
Skipping meals causes the digestive process to slow down, causing gas to accumulate in the stomach. In addition, when you eat too much at your next meal, your digestive system becomes overwhelmed. This can lead to gas buildup and bloating. To avoid this, space out your eating and don’t skip meals. Instead of a few heavy meals, try to eat smaller meals frequently to allow your digestive system ample time to digest the food. Consider taking a Claisen quiz to get a personalized formula to aid you with your journey to beating bloating.
8. Snoring at Night
If you usually feel bloated in the morning, it might be because you were snoring while you slept. Snoring is a form of “mouth-breathing”, meaning that excess air is entering your body and digestive system. Next time, if you feel bloated in the morning, consider meeting with a sleep doctor to reduce your snoring habits.
Although snoring at night might be one of the reasons you feel bloated in the morning, there could be other reasons as well - so consider taking our quiz to receive personalized advice on your treatment plan. Based on your quiz results, we can recommend a nighttime routine - complete with your custom formula - to help you wake up in the morning without feeling bloated. At Claisen, we offer products that are tailored to give you the relief you need.
9. Eating Late at Night
Your digestive system should be resting at night. Therefore, eating food at that time can put extra strain on your digestive system, causing bloating. Eating right before bedtime can also lead to slower digestion and the movement of stomach acid into your esophagus when you are sleeping. Therefore, try to eat a few hours before bedtime and engage in some light walking to stimulate digestion.
10. Being Constantly Stressed
Have you heard of the ‘fight or flight mode’? Well, when you are stressed, your body adapts to this state. This state prioritizes other body functions, slowing digestion. This can potentially lead to gas and bloating. Another reason is that stress hormones such as cortisol slow the movement of food through your digestive system. In addition, stress creates a gut microbiota imbalance, a disruption in the balance of bacteria in your gut, leading to a higher production of gas and, in turn, bloating.
Key Takeaways
Although avoiding these 10 habits can help reduce your bloating, for a more effective solution, take our quiz to receive a personalized treatment plan that will work best for you. Everyone has unique challenges with issues such as bloating, gas, and heartburn, so here at Claisen, we strive to provide you with a care package that is best for your personal body type.
Bloating isn’t always about what you eat. it’s often about how and when you eat.
Eating too fast, talking while eating, or drinking through straws traps air and causes gas buildup.
Over- or under-hydrating disrupts digestion and fluid balance, leading to bloating.
Poor posture or lying down after meals slows digestion and increases discomfort.
Stress, skipping meals, or eating late at night all disturb digestion and trigger bloating.
This article and its contents have been medically reviewed by Aditya Jain (MD at Harvard Medical School and Op-Ed Fellow at Doximity).
