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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.
Bloating can be caused by diet, particularly if someone has a high salt intake or eats a lot of gas-producing foods, such as dark leafy vegetables or beans. Calcium supplements can also cause gas in some people. A simple reflex like inhaling can be the cause of bloating. Some people actually swallow more air in as a result of stress, or simply when they eat. Chewing on gum and smoking can also make you inhale more air, aggravating the discomfort.