Colon Gas and Flatus Prevention Diet

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Soluble Fiber

This plant fiber does dissolve in water. In the colon, it provides food for the enormous number of bacteria that thrive there and, in so doing, provides many health benefits. Those fibers also promote regularity by increasing the growth of the colon bacteria. However, soluble fibers are the ones that some colon bacteria metabolize and so produce some colon gas.

Foods that are particularly high in soluble fiber are:
  • oats in any form – cereal, muffins, etc.
  • apples, oranges, grapefruit, peaches, concord grapes
  • prunes, pears, cranberries
  • beans
  • beets
  • carrots
  • psyllium (found in supplements and some cereals)
The section on Fiber Content of Food, provides the insoluble fiber content of many foods.
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