Well, hello, hello guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic

Surgeon, and it's time for a five minute

Friday. It's summertime and we are ready to put on our skinny clothes, our bathing suits

and everything else. It's time to look at how to stay slim and stop the bloating. And when I say blo bloating I just mean that feeling that your abdomen is

puffed up and you have no idea why you haven't been getting weight but you're feeling gassy

bloaty and filled up and you might be wondering why the heck we're talking about this because

we all need to look our best. I know you guys

are going to put bathing suits on. Summer's right around the corner and during these months we

definitely want to feel less bloated, less fullness, less discomfort. Flat tummy season is here.

I travel a lot and I definitely notice like when I go up and down with air pressure changes,

these things can fluctuate and I want to make sure you guys know the top ways, the top five ways

to prevent bloating this summer. Feeling bloated is more than just a sense of fullness or

discomfort. You can get all kinds of issues ranging

from disruption in your daily activities from all those embarrassing stomach noises, pain,

flatulence, gas, burping, all the things. So what are the specific things that can cause

bloating and problems like that and what are the things that can help you. Well, remember your GI tract is filled with gas and air.

It is a fluid filled tube.

And there are several things you can understand when there is a fluid filled tube.

Your abdominal wall can bloat due to fluid retention, often hormonal, sometimes related to menstruation, food sensitivities and food

intolerance is a huge one, difficulty in digesting certain food. Certainly if you have a low

Fodmap diet and a high mufa diet, we'll talk about these, you're going to do better. If you

have digestive problems like inflammatory bowel syndrome,

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