Tummy troubles
January 16, 2012
FORTY-two percent of Australians
experience excessive gas at least
once a month, if not more,
according to a Newspoll survey
commissioned by Wagner.
The online survey also found that
one in ten Australians suffer excessive
gas everyday, whilst 19% suffer
from bloating once a week.
16% of survey respondents also
said that they suffer from
indigestion, and 13% from stomach
pain, whilst around 24% said that
they experience constipation at
least once a month and 22% said
that they suffered diarrhoea
around once a month.
Speaking about the results,
Conjoint Lecturer at the University
of Newcastle, Dr Robyn Cosford,
said that because 70% of the
immune system is in the gut, having
a correctly functioning digestive
system is vital to supporting overall
health and wellbeing.
“Complaints such as bloating, gas
and constipation are often traced
back to poor diet, stress or
antibiotics,” she said.
“Ensuring the balance of ‘good’ to
‘bad’ bacteria is correct is the key
to good health and can be
addressed at least partially through
simple changes to diet and
appropriate probiotic
supplementation,” she added.
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