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Why Do I Feel Bloated After Healthy Foods
Many healthy foods are high in FODMAPs — fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols — which are fermented by gut bacteria and produce gas. Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and caulif...
Why it matters
Many healthy foods are high in FODMAPs — fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols — which are fermented by gut bacteria and produce gas. Cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and cauliflower, legumes, onions, garlic, apples, and many other foods that are objectively nutritious can cause significant bloating and discomfort in people with IBS or gut dysbiosis. The "healthy eating" that's making you bloated might be perfectly appropriate for someone else's gut. Normal helps you identify which specific "healthy" foods are causing your symptoms.
When Normal helps
Normal tracks your healthy food consumption alongside your digestive symptoms over time. It finds which specific foods — even the nutritious ones — are consistently associated with bloating and discomfort for your gut specifically.
How Normal finds it
Tell Normal what you eat and how your digestion feels. Over four to six weeks it finds which foods are causing your symptoms — including the ones you'd never suspect because they're supposed to be good for you.
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How to read this guide
Normal guides focus on pattern tracking: comparing symptoms, meals, sleep, stress, movement, routines, and timing over repeated days so people can notice what reliably changes how they feel.
Normal is not a medical provider. This guide is for general informational purposes and should not be used as medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.
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