Vegetable pizza gave me gas in chest

[Daniellesparkles]

I've been trying to eat healthier this year and for dinner I ate a thin crust veg pizza....i somehow got gassy in my chest area? It hurts to breathe sometimes. I'm slowly beginning to panic. What do the pain comes and goes

What can I do?

[Dubba61]

Hi, great to hear your eating more Veg but, yes, it can be quite painfully Gassy. Pizza usually have Peppers on and these and are often the culprit. Apparantly it's the Skin on them that produce the Gas. So you could either take the Peppers off or make your own Pizza (really easy) and Peel the Peppers first. I also, peel Cucumber before setting too. Hope this helps

[Daniellesparkles in reply to Dubba61]

Thank you! I just realized it had pepper as a topping.

[hypercat54 in reply to Daniellesparkles]

It's also possible that you bruised your windpipe a bit swallowing. Er... and I hate to tell you but pizzas aren't healthy unless you make them yourself.

[beinganon in reply to hypercat54]

I hate you. You just reminded me that what I love most in the whole wide world isn't healthy. <sniff>

You can make up for it by ordering a pizza for me, though. Triple cheese with 2X extra cheese and 2X Swiss cheese toppings.

[hypercat54 in reply to beinganon]

Sorry. I love pizza too A bit of what you fancy does you good lol

[beinganon in reply to hypercat54]

"I love pizza too" LOL 😅 I love you too! 😍 But seriously, comfort food once in a while goes a loooooooooong way in keeping those nerves happy.

[hypercat54 in reply to beinganon]

Ha ha I love you nearly as much as pizza and that's an awful lot

[Dubba61 in reply to Daniellesparkles]

👍☺️

[Agora1 in reply to Daniellesparkles]

Hi Danielle, as delicious as peppers are on pizza, as Dubba61 said, it's the skin on them that causes it. Hope you are doing well now. xx

[beinganon in reply to Dubba61]

Hi Dubba61,

No offense, but I think you have it wrong. I've been vegetarian all my life, and... peppers probably won't cause gas all by themselves. I'm thinking Danielle isn't used to veggie stuff—I mean stuff with no meat; veggies + bread (with no other culprits) can bloat meat-eaters' tummies. —But yeah, I need to look up pepper skins and peeling them—thanks for the heads-up!

[Dubba61 in reply to beinganon]

You could be right. But, I'm a Veggie n they Gripe me.

[Dubba61 in reply to beinganon]

I'm a Veggie too. N they Gripe me! As they did my Mum. But, there's no "one size fits all" is there? I Peel em n find it better.

[beinganon]

Danielle—As in my reply to Dubba61, I've been vegetarian all my life, and... peppers probably won't cause gas all by themselves. For people who aren't used to stuff with no meat, veggies + bread can bloat the tummy. (From what I've read, meat "weighs" the system down.)

And yeah, I'm one of the few people (apparently) who has "food anxiety." Basically when I begin to cook or reheat something, I feel anxiety coming on, and if there's any gassy effect of the food at all, there's real anxiety. Turns out "food anxiety" is real but hasn't been researched much.

My MD sister tells me the stomach pressing on the heart can result in the reverse of what we call psychosomatic: A bodily effect causes a mental/psychological effect.

It's really, really easy for me to forget about it. I just say to myself "Hey, it's just a physical thing." I mean, that's the whole point, isn't it? We get worried/anxious because there is (or might be) something wrong with our brains / minds... we don't get anxious if our foot hurts, even if it hurts real bad, right?

[Daniellesparkles in reply to beinganon]

Thanks for the info everyone !