I had this issue before I went raw despite the fact I didn’t eat processed sugar, carbs, gluten (no bread, no pasta – nothing) and no soy. My belly is still pretty distended despite the fact that I’m actually losing fat all over. The fact that I’m losing weight make my belly distention look even worse. If I don’t hold it in, I look pregnant.
I know part of my problem is posture and the rest is digestion though my digestion has been pretty regular for the past 6 months so I don’t know what it could be.
As far as diet, I tried to cut back on fats and nuts to see if some of my belly will go down. I tried a low-fat, low-protein raw diet for about two days I felt so spacey, headachy, tried, irritable and dizzy, I had to eat ½ of avocado to feel normal again.
I tried just eating green smoothies and fruit for a day and I felt like a bottomless pit. When I get hungry, I tried eating a green smoothie of fruit and it fills me up like water, but an hour later, I’m insanely hungry again: hunger pangs and a headache. I go through so much food that way. I can eat ½ avocado or a young coconut and it will last me for 2 hours most of the time. I don’t eat much nuts at all.
What could the distention be? How can I get rid of it?
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No I havnet tried it yet…I need to look into it. Thanks for the tip!
I have had this problem for a long time and have done many colon cleanses, etc. I recently went to a chiropractor who through muscle testing found that I was allergic to all corn products. Because I had been eating corn and my body couldn’t digest it, it had caused a lot of toxicity in my gall bladder and I had started to have gall bladder pain. He gave me an herb (fringe tree) extract to clean it out of my system and I stopped eating corn and my stomach has gone WAY down. It is amazing. I have always had some distention but never as bad as in the last four months so I am grateful to have found something that helped.
That interesting – I dont eat corn or grains at all for that matter right now, but I am allergic to gluten prior to going raw. When I stopped eating them (year and a half ago) my stomach went down some. I will look into doing cleanses. I already started the parasite cleanse yesterday…
Linda, I just ordered the oxypowder but am feeling a little frightened with it and I have not even got it yet. Can you explain a little about it. The part about sharp hook like things to scrape your intestines, does that do any damage to your intestines? Have you done this before? Does it really help with bloated bellies? I have been eating really healthy for some time and mostly raw (this is my second attempt) for a about month or so now and doing really good with it mostly because I really enjoy the recipes on this site. I also have relaxed a bit and eat mono meals. I think my good eating habits over the past several years caused me to have hardly any detox symptoms at all. A mild headache here and there, a little fitgue, and a few trips to the bathroom but that’s about it. I hope you can tell me more about your experiences with this stuff. Hope to hear from you, or anyone else that has used this oxypowder. Thanks!
Thanks Linda for the pep talk, I still am only going to try a couple of pills instead of 4. I’m such a worry wort. How is your cleanse going? Do you drink the apple cider vinegar like they recommend? You said you’ve done this 6 different times, do not do a maintenance dose and last question, do you need to do something so your not removing the “good bacteria” Thanks again for the info, this really does sound like a quality product. I have read some far out stuff on other sites where people ended up in the hospital and really bazaar stuff coming out of them. It’s nice to be able to discuss this with people who have tried the products. Thanks again!
Thanks for all of your advice and info!
I started the parasite cleanse last week (the day I first posted about this) and it’s helped a lot in past several days. My stomach is definitely, noticeably flatter. It wasn’t flabby before, but it was more of a hardening like I was carrying a boiling ball. I’m also feeling a lot more energy, especially since I started listening to my body more when it comes to eating.
Nora,
You make a lot of since to, and I know I have some fat in my tummy, I call it my snow banks, the very last to melt off. But my problem seems to be uncomfortable bloating. I do eat fat in my nut butters and I make the mayo with almonds and olive oil so I am getting fats. I had discussed this with a nutritionist once and she gave me “good” bacteria a probotic (sp) and I haven’t taken them in a long time. I just don’t understand how some days I can feel fine and my abdomin not in distress and then all of a sudden it’s crampy and bloated when there really hasn’t been much of a change in my diet. I will read your link though, sounds interesting.
Linda, glad to hear your doing great, boy 10 capsules a night wow, but no pain that’s the biggie. I’ll read your blog to. Thanks again!
Hello everyone,I am very happy to be joined in this forum.I want to ask you people that, Is there any side effects caused by Parasite Cleansing?
Thanks& Regards
rawnora: Your links for the emotional eating and colonics don’t work. Could you repost please? I am very interested in reading them as I am scheduled for a colon hydrotherapy session soon.