GD My kitten just erased my post!!!!!!!! It was not short! and I hate rewriting these things!!!
The gist of it is bloating can't change arm strength. The weakness is a body response after discomfort or spasms. Being bloated is bad but not as bad as so many other things. Drink fennel tea, try with cardamom pods crushed in), stand when eating, and don't sit after lunch. Get used to the fact that nothing may make a material difference but that you could have it much worse. That is my summary of my well-written would have been post.
-------------------- IBS-A for 20 years with terrible bloating and gas. On the diet since April 2004. Remember this from Heather's information pages:
"You absolutely must eat insoluble fiber foods, and as much as safely possible, but within the IBS dietary guidelines. Treat insoluble fiber foods with suitable caution, and you'll be able to enjoy a wide variety of them, in very healthy quantities, without problem." Please eat IF foods!