Not exact matches
Endurance athletes frequently report gastrointestinal impairment during competition, which can include dangerous and debilitating conditions such as nausea, bloating, pain, vomiting, abdominal angina, bloody diarrhea, endotoxemia, hemorrhagic gastritis, and ischemic colitis.28, 29
Causes of
gut distress are considered multifactorial, with gastrointestinal ischemia being important, along with mechanical position (e.g. runners versus cyclists) and nutrition.
These imbalances can be addressed to improve
gut health and to help prevent or alleviate: chronic digestive problems, common
causes of nutritional deficiency, yeast overgrowth, cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal
distress, and degenerative conditions.
There is one thing to watch out for with xylitol: consuming a lot of it (50g + in one sitting) can
cause GI
distress and bloating, and if you're sensitive to FODMAPS (from leaky
gut, SIBO, or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, for example), even a small amount of xylitol may
cause indigestion.
Erythritol is also easier on your
gut than xylitol — it takes a huge amount of erythritol to
cause gastric
distress.
Gut problems are very prevalent and
cause major
distress in many people's lives.
It's the lack of
gut bacteria from a lifetime of not eating legumes which
causes gaseous
distress from a sudden large increase in bean consumption.
I suffered from
gut distress and inflammation, not knowing that the root
cause was my imbalanced
gut ecosystem after years of antibiotics and poor eating habits as a teenager.