Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Wheat, resistant starch, gas and bloating

I'm trying to make sense out of various information that I've read/was given by doctors.

I've read that wheat can contribute to bloating because it contains resistant starch that gas-producing bacteria in our intestines feeds on. That makes sense. But then I thought that rice and potatoes also contained resistant starch since they are starches. Rice is almost universally recommended for bloating and stomach distress. What I don't understand is, wouldn't the gas-producing bacteria that feeds on wheat also like to feed on rice? What is the difference between the resistant starch in wheat and in rice that can affect your gut?

I have noticed that ever since cutting wheat out of my diet I have a lot less gas, and it's a lot less smelly. Definitely helps me in regular life as I don't have to try to hold my gas in. But the bloating has not gone away. I was always told by my GI that bloating was gas. Well, I don't have any more gas than a healthy person but I'm still bloated like a balloon. Am I thinking right that this bloating is a result of my colon being irritated and perhaps mildly inflamed? When I have an inflamed wound on my hand, the area is always a little swollen. Perhaps the intestine is the same.

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IBS-C, bloating, cramps
pregnant

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