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Bloating

9 posts on bloating, all written by Laura, a UK registered nurse, and sourced at the bottom of each page.

1 October 2026Why do salad, rice and eggs make me bloated?Three foods that are meant to be safe, and three different reasons they might not feel it. None of them is a reason to stop eating the food.1 October 2026Why am I bloated all the time? The patterns that matterThe causes are well known. The useful part is working out which one fits your days, and which patterns mean you book the GP first.1 October 2026Period bloating or gut bloating? How to tell on a calendarTwo cycles of marked days will tell you more than any amount of guessing. Here is how to keep the calendar, how to read it, and what it cannot tell you.1 October 2026How to stop bloating fast, and the better question to askA walk and a hand on your tummy will help today. Working out what your bloating is doing is what helps next week.1 October 2026Does bread make you bloated? Wheat, gluten or neitherThree different things can sit behind a bread bloat, and they are checked in different ways. The one rule that covers all of them is not to go gluten free first.1 October 2026Bloating that will not go away: symptoms not to wait onThis is the page where I tell you to stop reading and ring. Here is when, who to ring, and what happens next.1 October 2026Bloating on a plane and on holiday: why, and what to packThe plane explains the first few hours. The holiday explains the rest of the week, and that part is easier to plan for than it sounds.1 October 2026Bloated in the morning before eating? What it can meanA stomach is usually at its flattest when you wake. When yours is not, the night before and your bowels are the first places to look.1 October 2026Bloated after eating anything? Start here before you cut foodsWhen everything bloats you, the question is how your gut handles a meal, not which food to blame. Here is where to start, and what not to do first.