and Gas Re: Garlic: Hrmph!

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I dont' get gas as a result of eating raw garlic or onions.

On the other hand, eating nuts -- even soaked nuts, can cause me

intestinal cramps, abdominal pain, and gas, if I eat too many of

them...

Regularly, we eat ( my husband and I ) a HUGE salad for dinner,

lately, made of cabbage, an entire onion chopped up, about five big

cloves of strong garlic, a little bit of olive oil and lemon juice

and some lentil sprouts and tomatoes. This has never caused me any

upset stomach or gas. But eating nuts in much less quantity, even if

they are soaked and draing ( i.e. sprouted such as almonds ) can

cause me intestinal cramps and gas

Peace,

Cathie

> In a message dated 7/25/2004 6:42:42 PM Mountain Daylight Time,

> suziesgoats@y... writes:

>

> > Eating raw garlic on an empty stomach can irratate your stomach.

> > Suzi

> >

> >

> >

>

> I think the key word in your statement here is " can, " Suzi.

> I take raw garlic on an empty stomach regularly ( though not

daily ) and it

> has never irritated my stomache.

> On the other hand, eating a single slice of cooked, processed pizza

that is

> not as fresh as it should be, or has too many bad fats from low

quality

> sausage, can cause me a bad case of indigestion in ten minutes or

less.

> I have only had indigestion/heart-burn very seldom in my life, and

it has

> always been in conjunction with low quality processed greasy ( or

shall I say

> greazzzy ) foods.

> When I take a tablespoon of garlic on an empty stomach, if it is

very strong

> garlic, on occasion it will give me a strong " burp " feeling going

down but

> this feeling passes in a matter of minutes, and does not, for me at

least, give

> way to either indigestion or upset stomach.

> I have gotten sick eating Bratwurst before, on occasion, even when

it was

> fresh.

> Heavy Cream like whipping cream, can make me nauseous if I eat too

much at

> once.

>

> Peace,

> Cathie