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The downside of a vegetarian diet

Categories: Alternative & Green Health

Making the switch from meat-eater to vegetarian means some healthy changes to your diet, but there's a downside: All those veggies, legumes and tofu may lead you have have a bit of a problem with ... um ... flatulence. Is there any way to avoid this without cutting too much out of your diet?

Here's some advice from Fitsugar:
  • If you're just starting out as a veggie, slowly introduce beans and tofu into you diet -- don't eat a whole bunch right from the start
  • Mix beans with other foods to tone down the gassiness
  • Don't eat or cook with the water that beans are soaked in
  • Try a supplement like Beano if all else fails.
Veggies, how do you avoid gas?

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