Awkward stomach noises. How to stop it?

We’ve been through this: you’re sitting quietly, when your stomach starts making those awkward noises. In fact, your intestines shift rhythmically as the walls contract and relax to mix food with secretions and haltingly move it along. The occasional “peristaltic rush” can be heard as the contents of the intestine are carried some distance.

This has most likely happened to you before, too many times to count. Maybe you’re on a diet and need to cut calories, or maybe you’ve been so busy that you forget to snack. Many of us grit our teeth and suffer through it, promising ourselves that we will eat something before the next meeting. But if you want to be determined and find a solution to this embarrassing incident, you’ve come to the right place, there are steps you can take to minimize the growling:

1. Eat 6 small meals a day instead of 3 large ones.

2. Eat something as soon as you feel hungry.

3. Drink water to improve digestion & hunger reactions.

4. Eat and chew slower to prevent indigestion.

5. Don’t overeat.

6. Walk after you eat.

7. Limit gas-triggering foods such as beans.

8. Reduce acidic foods such as citrus.

9. Reduce excess sugar in your diet.

10. Try to avoid anxiety triggers.

Products to help you eat healthily

The Great Stuff Company Organic Keto Granola Cinnamon

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Solgar Comfort Zone Digestive Complex

An advanced digestive complex that helps to encourage more efficient and thorough digestion so you can feel better about the foods you eat and worry less about having the foods you enjoy.

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Pharmalife Digerstim Effervescent Granular

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Manuka Doctor Manuka Honey MGO 40

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Resources

ScienceDirect. “Borborygmi”. Accessed May 3, 2021.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780723604907500343

NCBI. “Probiotic Therapy for Irritable Bowel Syndrome”. Accessed May 3, 2021.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2886445/

IFFGD. “A Noisy Tummy: What Does it Mean?”. Accessed May 3, 2021.

https://iffgd.org/gi-disorders/symptoms-causes/abdominal-noises/