Embarassing question

Can anyone tell me what kinds of foods beside the usual culprits of roughage and beans would cause just the most foul gas ever (and no, FFPers, I did not have beans at the meeting on Saturday LOL)? Since right before my second surgery for adhesions, I seem to have been battling the most foul-smelling gas ever. I haven't really changed my diet much except I am eating more foods with sugar alcohols to keep the carb counts down...could that be the culprit? I also have been eating more cheese than I normally do. I am pretty much eating the same foods in the same proportions I always have, so the only thing I can think of is the sugar alcohols or the cheese. Beano doesn't appear to be helping. And do those odor-control products that you see people mentioning really work, like Ozium? I would think that the gassiness would be something I would have battled earlier on, but it has literally snuck up on me and hit me at just over a year out.  except don't light a match! LOL Thanks! Dawn

Dawn . Yes sugar alcohol and cheese can do it .  I highly reccomend Devrom . www.devrom.com   This is a pill that you take and from everyone that I know that has taken it .. the foul odor goes away or is way diminished .  Sugar Alcohols are horrible on our intestines. They give me the worse case of ..bathroom visits every ..... and the gas.. is horrible . Cheese just for some reason, maybe it is the lactose that does it .. but it does .  I hope you try the Devrom. It is pretty good stuff .  Natalie

Carbs will do it for me regardless of the source of carb.  To combat the effect, I take probiotics -- get them at Whole Foods or the like -- and Devrom (internal deodorant).  Now, they DO take a bit to work, as in several days to really start taking effect. If it gets really chronic, or bad, Google "charcoal underwear" -- I am serious here -- and get the inserts for your panties to absorb the odor.  They WORK.

I am laughing but I know it is not funny! Sugar alcohols REALLY do a number on your system with gas and worse.... you need to take very small quantities of them or else. Cheese doesn't do it for me but some others have said it does for them.....  If you have carb cravings maybe you need to try a carb detox for a few days and get them out of your system - gives you a chance to start over again wirh less cravings... the sugar alcohols are usually laden with calories anyway - they are sugar free but not calorie free...... Jackie

Thanks, ladies! I will go right out and get some Devrom and some probiotics, and if it gets real bad, charcoal panties, here I come! It is just so strange that it hit all of a sudden like that after never really having had the problem. Perhaps it's just that now that it has been a year, the digestive tract is changing and this is a result of that. It is just awful! I will also try cutting out the cheese (no pun intended!) and the sugar alcohols just to see if that helps too.

For me.....CARBS.  Almost any type of carb will do it.  Especially since I've begun increasing them (and my fiber).  There are things out on the market that you can take that will help.  I have not tried them so I cannot say how they will work out.  But they are out there.

I do have to comment. PROTEIN bars....OMG.... Cheese doesnt do it for me, as its a good way for a little protein...Sugar alcohols are a issue as some greasy products. I usually watch that, but  crave the occasional onion ring, which 2-3 works. But the gas afterward....will move you out of house and home. And people around you....their looks...we ( Hubby and I) have gotten used to, those....pass and leave...LOL Good luck,