You’re NOT FAT, You are Bloated. Here Are 9 Reasons And Proven Ways To Fix It.

Bloating is the situation of your stomach sensing swollen after a heavy meal. It is caused by disturbances in the movement of the muscles in the various areas of the digestive system.

This is where the increase of discomfort and pressure may take place, and somehow, it can contribute to such look of a stomach seems like much bigger. This where extreme cases will enter and affect the condition, making the bloating more severe and complicated.


Bloating is sometimes caused by serious medical conditions which are most often result from a bad diet and some foods and ingredients an individual have low tolerance in avoiding allergies.

9 Proven Ways To Reduce Or Eliminate Bloating

1. You should avoid eating too much food once at a time
Certain individuals who experience bloating are more susceptible to acquire different health issues and they are the ones who have increased sensitivity to food in the stomach. Therefore, eating small usage of meals can contribute best results.

2. Remove foods that you are intolerance like food allergies
Food allergies and intolerances are usual causes of bloating. Basic offenders are lactose, wheat, fructose, gluten, and eggs which are a very common cause of allergies.
3. You should be aware that swallowing gas and air is one of the causes
A major cause is carbonated beverages; it contains gases that are being dissolved in different areas of liquid. Swallowed air and gas can result in bloating.
4. Avoid food that contributes gas in your system
If certain foods make you feel like you are bloating, you should always try to avoid them. Consumption of fatty foods can also slow down your digestion process.

5. Try a Low FODMAP Diet
Numerous studies have shown that indigestible carbohydrates called FODMAPS can drastically exacerbate symptoms in Irritable Bowel Syndrome patients.
IBS is the most common digestive disorder in the world. It has no known cause but is believed to affect about 16% of people, most of which are undiagnosed

Here are some common High-FODMAP foods:
Wheat, Onions, Garlic, Broccoli, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Artichokes, Beans, Apples, Pears, and Watermelon.

6. Be Careful With Sugar Alcohols
Sugar alcohols can cause digestive issues such as bloating, especially when consumed in large doses. Try avoiding sugar-free chewing gums and other sources of sugar alcohols.
7. Take Digestive Enzyme Supplements
Many over-the-counter products can be useful against bloating and other digestive problems. These are usually digestive enzymes that help break down certain food components.
8. Immediately seek medical attention when constipation occurs

Constipation can exacerbate bloating symptoms. Increased magnesium intake and physical activity can be effective against constipation.

9. Probiotics can help
Several clinical trials have shown that certain probiotic supplements can help reduce both gas production, as well as bloating, in people with digestive problems.

How One CEO Taught His Employees A Lesson In Integrity


A successful business man was growing old and knew it was time to choose a successor to take over the business.

Instead of choosing one of his Directors or his children, he decided to do something different. He called all the young executives in his company together.

He said, “It is time for me to step down and choose the next CEO. I have decided to choose one of you..”

The young executives were Shocked, but the boss continued. “I am going to give each one of you a SEED today – one very special SEED… I want you to plant the seed, water it, and come back here one year from today with what you have grown from the seed I have given you. I will then judge the plants that you bring, and the one I choose will be the next CEO.”

One man, named Jim, was there that day and he, like the others, received a seed. He went home and excitedly, told his wife the story. She helped him get a pot, soil and compost and he planted the seed. Everyday, he would water it and watch to see if it had grown. After about three weeks, some of the other executives began to talk about their seeds and the plants that were beginning to grow.

Jim kept checking his seed, but nothing ever grew.

Three weeks, four weeks, five weeks went by, still nothing.

By now, others were talking about their plants, but Jim didn’t have a plant and he felt like a failure.

Six months went by — still nothing in Jim’s pot. He just knew he had killed his seed. Everyone else had trees and tall plants, but he had nothing. Jim didn’t say anything to his colleagues, however.

He just kept watering and fertilizing the soil – He so wanted the seed to grow.

A year finally went by and all the young executives of the company brought their plants to the CEO for inspection.

Jim told his wife that he wasn’t going to take an empty pot. But she asked him to be honest about what happened. Jim felt sick to his stomach, it was going to be the most embarrassing moment of his life, but he knew his wife was right. He took his empty pot to the board room. When Jim arrived, he was amazed at the variety of plants grown by the other executives. They were beautiful — in all shapes and sizes. Jim put his empty pot on the floor and many of his colleagues laughed, a few felt sorry for him!

When the CEO arrived, he surveyed the room and greeted his young executives.

Jim just tried to hide in the back. “My, what great plants, trees, and flowers you have grown,” said the CEO. “Today one of you will be appointed the next CEO!”

All of a sudden, the CEO spotted Jim at the back of the room with his empty pot. He ordered the Financial Director to bring him to the front. Jim was terrified. He thought, “The CEO knows I’m a failure! Maybe he will have me fired!”

When Jim got to the front, the CEO asked him what had happened to his seed – Jim told him the story.

The CEO asked everyone to sit down except Jim. He looked at Jim, and then announced to the young executives, “Behold your next Chief Executive Officer!

His name is Jim!” Jim couldn’t believe it. Jim couldn’t even grow his seed.

“How could he be the new CEO?” the others said.

Then the CEO said, “One year ago today, I gave everyone in this room a seed. I told you to take the seed, plant it, water it, and bring it back to me today. But I gave you all boiled seeds; they were dead – it was not possible for them to grow.


All of you, except Jim, have brought me trees and plants and flowers. When you found that the seed would not grow, you substituted another seed for the one I gave you. Jim was the only one with the courage and honesty to bring me a pot with my seed in it. Therefore, he is the one who will be the new Chief Executive Officer!”

* If you plant honesty, you will reap trust
* If you plant goodness, you will reap friends
* If you plant humility, you will reap greatness
* If you plant perseverance, you will reap contentment
* If you plant consideration, you will reap perspective
* If you plant hard work, you will reap success
* If you plant forgiveness, you will reap reconciliation
* If you plant faith in God, you will reap a harvest

So, be careful what you plant now; it will determine what you will reap later.

“Whatever You Give To Life, Life Gives You Back”