Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition. We're a company specializing in nutrition and education,

and our podcast touch on a variety of health and nutrition topics each week.

Today we're going to be discussing why you

still feel bloated after eating. Have you ever started the day with a regular stomach that

didn't feel distended? And then after the first meal you ate, you immediately felt like you gained

an instant five pounds around your belly. Or maybe your stomach feels fine earlier in the day. But as the day goes

on, you just notice feeling more full, more bloated, more distended, and really uncomfortable.

Some people refer to this feeling in their stomach as a food baby. That just, it's kind of like

the sensation of a pregnant belly, but it happens after eating instead,

and it's usually very uncomfortable and can create a lot of other symptoms.

So our podcast today is discussing the real reason you're still bloated after meals.

I'm one of your hosts, Kara Carper.

I'm a licensed nutritionist and certified nutrition specialist. And my awesome co-host today is Brandy Burrow. Brandy is a register and licensed

dietitian. Brandy, it's great to be together again hosting today. Can you let our listeners know

what they can expect from today's show?

Yeah, so this is a, I think, a really important topic. It probably impacts quite a few of our

listeners, especially if you chose this episode out of a lineup of episodes related to

digestion issues or gut health, you're probably looking for answers. And today we hope to

give you some, or at least give you some starting points, some places to start to find relief.

So we're going to explore some of the root causes of bloating and what you can do to start feeling

better. And I thought it was interesting to learn that, you know,

gastrointestinal issues or gut health issues are really the number one reason

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