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Normally fruits do not cause/generate gas by themselves unless and otherwise they are rich in carbohydrates (e.g. like banana). Others like orage can cause gas if taken together with foods containing high carbohydrates like cakes or sugar etc. Thus, the mild citric acid will cause mild fermentation in side the stomach and hence generating gas. I also advise you not take orange or orange juice with milk or milk products at the same time. On the other hand some fruits may cause you gas due to indigestion problems. For example if you take apple fruit and do not exercise that can cause you gas immediatly due to indigestion.
 

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Bananas make me constipated too. Which is why I try to eat as many of them as possible when I'm in the midst of a D attack!Every other fruit, cooked or uncooked, always gives me gas and D, a lovely combination. Sometimes during a particularly good time, I can get away with an orange. It's so rare, every bite is precious. Yum!
 

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quote:Normally fruits do not cause/generate gas by themselves unless and otherwise they are rich in carbohydrates (e.g. like banana).
What fruits are not rich in carbs?
quote: Others like orage can cause gas if taken together with foods containing high carbohydrates like cakes or sugar etc.
Fruits can generate gas indirectly but only if their constitutent carbohydrates are not fully absorbed. Some fruits contains oligosaccharides and sorbitol which are incompletely absorbed and fruits contain fructose which may not be well absorbed. Feeeding to this to the colonic bacteria in sufficient amounts can lead to gas.
quote:Thus, the mild citric acid will cause mild fermentation in side the stomach and hence generating gas.
Citric acid doesn't cause fermentation. There are natural acid-base reactions in the stomach and duodenum. These do generate carbon dioxide but this is not related to what food one eats. The acid and base are coming from the body. This gas is absorbed well and therefore doesn't give people gas.
quote:I also advise you not take orange or orange juice with milk or milk products at the same time.
This is nonsense.
quote:example if you take apple fruit and do not exercise that can cause you gas immediatly due to indigestion.
I don't see any physiological reason for this either.Anyway, how do you know you have gas?
 
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