5 reasons your salad is making you bloated

Between healthy fast-casual shops popping up on every corner and Instagram-worthy mason jar salads filling the office fridge, vegetables are staging a revolution. But if you're feeling a little bloated post-green feast, don't be so quick to look for other causes—the culprit may be in your bowl.

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"You can turn a salad into a burger pretty quickly if you're not careful," warns gastroenterologist Robynne Chutkan, MD, FASGE and founder of Gutbliss, whose expertise lies in finding solutions for all your GI concerns. Between oily dressings, excess fiber, and often-forgotten sources of salt, there are plenty of opportunities for a once-healthy salad to go south—for your gut, that is.

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But fear not, you don't have to quit your Sweetgreen habit just yet. All it takes is a little intel and you'll be tossing together salads that'll make your tastebuds and GI tract equally happy in no time.

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Here are five surprising causes of unwanted bloating to watch out for the next time you place your salad order.

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Scroll through to learn about these causes:

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