Is Your Gas Meter Running A Little Too High?

Symptoms	Cause	Treatment	Mechanism Of Action
Flatulence Bloating Distention Pain in the lower abdomen	Gas from eating complex carbohydrates (vegetables, legumes, grains, etc.)	Beano™ (alpha-galactosidase enzyme) taken with gas producing food	Prevents gas by breaking down complex carbohydrates in vegetables, legumes, grains, etc. into absorbable sugars. Indigestible sugars are kept out of the colon preventing their fermentation by bacteria.
Belching Bloating & Distention Pain in the stomach & lower abdomen Flatulence	Gas from swallowed air and motility disorders	Phazyme™ (simethicone) taken after meals	Relieves gas symptoms by breaking down gas bubbles in the stomach and intestine so that they can be expelled naturally from the body.
Bloating Flatulence Diarrhea Pain in the lower abdomen	Gas from eating dairy foods	Lactaid™ Lactose enzyme taken with dairy foods	Prevents gas by breaking down indigestible lactose into absorbable sugars. Indigestible sugars are kept out of the colon preventing their fermentation by bacteria.

Staff Writers
First published in The Inside Tract® Newsletter Issue 123 January/February 2001

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