Re: Bloated/constipated feeling straight after going to the toilet?

Paul, what is your diet like these days?

The bloating could be due to undigested food, however it could be something else entirely. Do your bowels 'feel' empty after a BM? I don't know if taking digestive enzymes would help as I've yet to try them for myself.

Speaking of my current situation, I have recently increased my food intake, and now include small beans/split peas, potatoes, carrots. I realise that not everyone can tolerate such starchy foods, however I am coming to the conclusion that Candida perhaps isn't the issue. Anyway, I cook everything in a large pressure cooker, with onion, leek, garlic, and whatever other vegetables I have in the fridge, for around 10-15 minutes. The food is always very soft and easily digestible. Since adding the potatoes I've found my morning BM to be far easier - they are softer and lighter in colour.

The issue I am experiencing is that after emptying my bowels I will feel nice and light, but within 10-15 minutes or so, my stomach begins to fill-up with gas and I feel very bloated. I can actually press into my stomach, jostle it around, and hear the stagnant gas gurgling around. It's rather strange, and quite uncomfortable.

Anyway, sorry to go off on a tangent, but I wonder if the bloating you feel is similar to the gas that fills-up my stomach after a BM?

Take care,
J