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Some experts even recommend avoiding certain vegetables including onions, radishes, cabbage, celery, carrots, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower. But if you avoided some of these foods, especially the nutritious vegetables, you'd be missing out on valuable vitamins and nutrients just because you're afraid of gas.
Not all types of fiber cause gas. Fiber comes in two types, soluble and insoluble. Foods that contain soluble fiber tend to produce more gas than foods high in insoluble fiber. Some sugars as well as fiber can cause gas; foods that contain both soluble fiber and sugars that cause gas have extra gas-producing potential. The types of bacteria you have in your gut -- which varies from person to person -- can also affect how much gas you produce.