Thanks K, the digestive enzyme at the beginning of the meal sounds like a good idea. I've been doing this for some time now. As for you Mr. Flux.....Yes I've been eating the heck out of Pop Rocks, they are so very tasty you know, but I am finding that the gas they are producing can be just too annoying. But that goes along with EVERY bite of food that I consume. You'd think that I would get used to the belching, pain and tenderness, the bloating, oh and the smell, but.....Let me ask you.......Do you ever fart???? Do you ever pass really, smelly, yucky, nasty old farts soon after you have eaten??? That my dear Watson, is gas produced from some offending type food. Not necessarily offending type, but I bet your gut get's offended when you introduce those delicious gas forming yummies. Well, since you and I both know that you do(I'll bet they are real loud when no one is around right)so tell me, when you pass gas do you think that it's only a figment of your imagination? And if so, does your imagination ever stink up the entire room with a toxic fume that would knock out a Grizzly Bear??? Do you ever eat a good old heaping bowl of soup beans, and then just fart away??? Do you eat Pop Rocks??? And if you do, do they cause you to fart like a mule??? Come on now Flux, you can admit it. Passing gas is as normal as breathing. It's ok to do it, and you don't have to be ashamed of it. Yes it's embarrassing, yes it can be down right raunchy, but it's OK, you're only human Flux, we all pass gas and we're all here for you. Heck my dog farts real loud and it stinks after he's consumed some of those off brand dog biscuits, maybe I should try the name brand...Oh well, it's your right as an American Citizen to be able to fart where you darned well please(canine or human, it makes no difference). Listen, it's ok. Just look at it like this and it may make it a bit easier on ya, flatulence and food, well they just kind of go together...like peanut butter and jelly, like Fred and Ginger, like stink and poop, like Bert and Ernie, like Cheech and Chong. They just belong together. Don't try and separate them old boy, they're just too strong for you. You can't break the one from the other man, it just won't work. The sooner that you learn to accept the close relationship between the two, gas and food, then the better off you will feel about the whole thing. Hey listen, I want you to do an experiment for me and then prove to yourself and the world Flux, that food, most any food, not just Pop Rocks, does really produce gas.... Take yourself a big ol' onion head, peel it and lay it to the side. Then take yourself a big ol' bowl of Pinto Beans, let cool of course, and then top off with a big ol' glass of buttermilk. Take bites of onion with your beans, then chase down with big drink of buttermilk. After you are finished, take yourself a little nap. You see, you aren't moving about, peristalsis slows down to a halt, and there you have it...TRAPPED GAS!!! OK, when you are all finished with this little experiment, then you can preach to me all day long about gas because, you will have seen the light! After that meal, you will be able to fill a whole page here with your medical jargon, but it will be a bit different than the #### that you preach about food and gas now...Your eyes will be opened to a whole new way of life Flux, you will be going around eating and farting and knowing in your heart of hearts, that it WAS that big ol' bowl of chocolate ice cream topped with syrup and nuts that is causing that wind to escape from your gut, smelly wind I might add. Until you take the first step however, and really admit to yourself that it's ok to fart like a mule in summertime after eating those beans, then I am closed to the subject. You have to help yourself Flux, no one else can do it for you.....
FACE YOUR FEARRUN TOWARD THE ROARYour friend,Megan