It just takes planning. Commit to it and you can make it happen. Just eating real, simply prepared, wholesome food will change anyone for the better.
I was just reading about that yesterday. Apparently (from someone whose academic career is around studying beans), if you eat them -regularly-, your body adapts to the sugars to a certain extent, and flatulence reduces. So @Bama Samurai probably doesn't fart from the fiber and sugars as much as, say, me.
My planning doesn't enter into it, unfortunately. My _customers_ make their plans, and then force me into it, way too often. I'm trying to find some ways to deal with that, however.
After eating natural foods, that's correct. One's gut flora normalizes and the body adapts. Upset stomach of any sort is rare for me now, and I consider it indicates that I am having an issue.
By planning I mean that you have to have food cooked and available when ready to eat. My life is also on the move and chaotic.
From the article - our gut flora just isn't built for it. They can adapt, but only to a certain point. Onion is what causes excessive gas - and it's not due to gut flora. My father has the same problem, and has a much better diet than I do. It's just an inability to digest it. (Onion, bell peppers, celery to an extent, leeks, shallots, scallions, chives... everything but garlic) As for the having the food ready - that's not always easy, or wise. I don't even want to think of what would lurk in my food after being stuck in a Houston car for 6 hours in the summer sun
Never had an issue with onions, or bean or anything else for that matter. I keep a cooler in my van and will bring whatever strikes me in the morning before I head out. Sandwich, or leftover pizza, yogurt, cheese and crackers, sometimes a salad it varies. Always have something cold to drink. Lately I had started putting a protein shake in the cooler.
