7 GI Docs Reveal What They Do to Beat Bloating
“I have a green smoothie most mornings made from spinach, kale, celery, parsley, green apple, lemon, ginger, and ice. It works like rocket fuel to get things moving through my GI tract, and it’s full of indigestible plant fiber that feeds the good bacteria in my gut. And I do heated Vinyasa flow yoga two to three times a week. The twisting poses help to stimulate peristalsis and banish bloat.
If I ever start to feel backed up, I take a psyllium husk fiber supplement (one tablespoon of ground psyllium husk in a big glass of water). But normally, getting ample fiber in my diet—at least 30 grams a day from fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds—does the trick.” —Robynne Chutkan, M.D., director of the GutBiome Institute in Chevy Chase, M.D., and author of The Bloat Cure