Learning How to Stop excessive Burping/Belching along with its causes,effects and treatment involving simple remedies and exercises
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| Burping or Belching, Your Trip to Social Awkwardness |
While a small burp at the end of a good meal can be considered a compliment to both food and your appetite it can easily convert to a bad social etiquette when done before others or done repeatedly, besides that it's annoying when it occurs in most awkward situations possible.Call it Burping or Belching nobody likes it! It's socially awkward, gross, loud, rude and very troublesome in most situations. Causes of Burping are all related to bloating and gas problems and surely solving one fixes these other similar problems as well. In this burping article you will learn how to overcome this socially awkward occurrence by changing few of your eating habits and lifestyle including things to avoid during seasonal changes particularly diet that affects your health and is major cause behind all gas related problems like Bloating and other gas related problems.
What Causes Burping or Belching
Well you will be disgusted to know that burping is nothing but a form of farting in which the excess gas produced in the body comes out from your mouth with a burp sound in short burping is releasing gas from your body. Since burping is related to gas problems you might have already guessed what causes burping but to make sure you don't miss any of the probable reasons here is a
list of top 10 culprits which cause excessive burping.
- Eating your food too quickly
- Swallowing food instead of chewing
- Drinking while eating food
- Drinking carbonated beverages
- Smoking
- Indigestion and Heartburn
- Sleeping immediately after eating
- Obesity
- Eating spicy or acidic food
- Wearing Tight clothes
- Gastroesophageal Reflux (GERD)
Instructions to Stop Frequent Burping
From the causes you can easily make out the fact that most of the Burping or gas related problems occur due to our bad eating habits which we hardly care to take notice of. Most of the causes of excessive burping can be eliminated by tweaking some of your eating habits which include the following:
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Prefer eating food nice and slowly instead of gulping or swallowing large portions of food at a time to avoid over intake of air with your food. Also avoid drinking water or any carbonated beverage while eating unless necessary. As you might have already guessed the popular dinner etiquette about talk less while eating also plays a vital role as a healthy eating habit.
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| Avoid Eating too quickly or gulping your food as it causes your stomach to get bloated with air causing frequent burping. |
Avoid Spicy Gas Producing Foods
Avoid eating spicy or acidic rich foods like usual fast foods containing onion and tomatoes which produce gas. Common gas producing foods include cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, lettuce, beans, onions and spiced foods. These also include chocolates, mousses, creamy drinks and few fruits like apples, pears and peaches etc. Their reduced intake can significantly lower your frequent burping caused by acidity or heartburn.
Treat Mindless Eating and Obesity
Most burping causes in families is related to obesity or eating when you are emotionally unavailable or nervous leading to mindless munching, Curing them will indirectly cure your burping issues. Consider losing a few pounds on your way to gym and wearing loose clothing to release excessive pressure on your stomach.
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| Avoid mindless binging as it causes one to eat too much unknowingly causing obesity and related symptoms of bloating and burping. |
Quit Smoking and Drinking
Another most common junk included in bad eating habits includes chewing gums, smoking, eating candies and drinking aerated drinks like creamy milkshakes or using a straw to drink which cause excessive intake of air into the body. Reducing their intake will also help in tackling the gas related problems.
Exercise to Increase Metabolism
Food indigestion or heartburn can be a real nuisance when it comes to burping or farting. Well these can be avoided by eating adequate amounts of food or taking antacids while exercising regularly can automatically get rid of this nuisance due to increased metabolic activity. Also avoid sleeping immediately after eating as it causes gas Production in our body.
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| Common causes of burping and bloating are indigestion and heartburn often caused by eating too much or a weakened metabolic activity. |
Have Regular Bowel Timings
Apart from eating habits and your diet, burping also depends on your bowel timings. Keeping bowels longer in your body causes further degradation of already digested or undigested food causing unwanted gas production and acids which cause things like Gastroparesis or acid refluxes (GERD) where in food re-enters the body causing burping, heartburn and acidity.
Consult a Doctor for a Medical condition
Amount of gas production varies from person to person and regular remedies like above might not help all of them due to several medical conditions and causes like GERD,Ulcer,cancer,stones,lactose intolerance and other infections that affect organs responsible for digestion in our body.In case even after following above food habits your burping or gas related problems continue to exist then consider seeing a doctor as it can be anything related to one of the above mentioned medical conditions. Getting diagnosed at the earliest is the best way of saying goodbye to your burping and annoying gas related problems.
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| If habitual changes in diet and lifestyle doesn't help frequent burping and gas related problems consider seeing doctor to detect any problem or medical condition at the earliest. |
Hope that was helpful in putting your annoying burping to rest. As mentioned before in case your burping continues even after your habitual changes in food intake and lifestyle then don't hold back from seeing a doctor because preventing symptoms when they are at primary stages is always the best way of avoiding serious issues later. Most of all even if it wasn't anything serious your doctor will probably bail you out with an antacid. The above tips not only apply to burping problems but also to bloating and gas problems as everything is related to the body's mechanism of releasing gas from the body.