Is it your hormones?

Women are more than twice as likely to report bloating as men, and hormones could well be to blame. “Oestrogen can lead to fluid retention and progesterone can cause slow bowel motility,” says Narendra Pisal, a consultant gynaecologist at London Gynaecology. This can be worse in the run-up to a period, when hormone levels decline, and oestrogen in hormone replacement therapy can also cause bloating. “Adding in high potassium foods to your diet can help as they maintain fluid balance,” Hope says. “These include baked potatoes, dried apricots, kiwis and bananas.”

I think all women deal with this? How about you?