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Yu_Bum_suk
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 Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:12 pm Post subject: Do you find Korean food gives you less gas? |
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| Maybe it's just that when I have the chance to indulge in good western food I eat so much of it that it's a matter of quantity rather than content, but it does seem that when my diet is mostly Korean food I almost never get the farts. I dont' eat kimchi, btw. |
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seoulsucker
Joined: 05 Mar 2006
Location: The Land of the Hesitant Cutoff
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:23 pm Post subject: |
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| I think a lot of it has to do with how the food breaks down. Korean food is eaten in small bites with chopsticks, whereas western food is often wolfed down in big bites with the hands. |
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I'm no Picasso
Joined: 28 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| seoulsucker wrote: |
| I think a lot of it has to do with how the food breaks down. Korean food is eaten in small bites with chopsticks, whereas western food is often wolfed down in big bites with the hands. |
Uh...
You've clearly never sat at the PE teacher table at my school during lunch. |
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bassexpander
Joined: 13 Sep 2007
Location: Someplace you'd rather be.
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| Posted: Mon Jan 19, 2009 9:29 pm Post subject: |
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Those little oranges give me tons of gas if I eat more than 1.
Almost as bad as those yummy British crackers we can buy at Costco. I forgot the name, but it starts with a "C". THOSE absolutely kill me (and anyone else around me). |
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blackjack
Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 12:13 am Post subject: Re: Do you find Korean food gives you less gas? |
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| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Maybe it's just that when I have the chance to indulge in good western food I eat so much of it that it's a matter of quantity rather than content, but it does seem that when my diet is mostly Korean food I almost never get the farts. I dont' eat kimchi, btw. |
Might well be a lack of cheese. You may be lactose intolerant |
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J Rock
Joined: 17 Jan 2009
Location: The center of the Earth, Suji
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:52 am Post subject: |
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I've been startled out of a dead sleep here a few times because I've had such violent gas. At first I didn't know what had happened and I kinda jumped up and checked my door and my window beause I thought someone was trying to break in.
And yes I eat kimchi but not the quality stuff from Lotte Mart, oh no, only the rancid stuff from my local Kimbop restaurant. Knowing full well it might wake me up in the middle of the night in a panic all confused about what just happened.  |
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Ed Provencher
Joined: 15 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 4:23 am Post subject: |
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| No gas, but I haven't had a solid shit in over 2 years since I've been here. |
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Straphanger
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Chilgok, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:55 am Post subject: |
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Au contraire, I've had the most consistent bowel movements in my life since I landed on the ROK. Very impressive consistency and good volume, almost always sinking, rarely floating. I think it's the freshness and quality of food I've been experiencing on the farm. Also there's the consistency of the product and lack of availability of fast food (four bakeries and not one fast food place, WTF??).
But yeah, I've been pretty regular. |
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poppydaisy
Joined: 02 Mar 2008
Location: Bundang, Korea
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:14 am Post subject: |
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| thanks for the above reply....alittle TMI. Anyways, yes, I do notice I have less bloating and gas on Korean food. When I do notice bloating, it's because I've eaten some sort of processed food. Korean food is healthier and I find that I have less tolerance for processed foods. |
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steroidmaximus
Joined: 27 Jan 2003
Location: GangWon-Do
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| I dont' eat kimchi, btw. |
therein lies the rub |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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Flatulence taken to an art form.
I dunno, braoughs, I got a reputation all the way back to Boy Scouts around the campfire.
All I need is WATER to get the gasses passin'. |
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Yu_Bum_suk
Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 8:57 pm Post subject: Re: Do you find Korean food gives you less gas? |
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| blackjack wrote: |
| Yu_Bum_suk wrote: |
| Maybe it's just that when I have the chance to indulge in good western food I eat so much of it that it's a matter of quantity rather than content, but it does seem that when my diet is mostly Korean food I almost never get the farts. I dont' eat kimchi, btw. |
Might well be a lack of cheese. You may be lactose intolerant |
I'm definitely not lactose intolerant but you're right; it could be a lack of cheese. I just bought a big block of real cheese so we'll see if the gradual consumption of that has any effect. |
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ManintheMiddle
Joined: 20 Oct 2008
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To the OP:
No, but it does give me less appetite.
Fascinating thread topic, by the way. |
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Crockpot2001
Joined: 01 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 11:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Ed Provencher wrote: |
| No gas, but I haven't had a solid shit in over 2 years since I've been here. |
same |
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ytuque
Joined: 29 Jan 2008
Location: I drink therefore I am!
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