India, Oct. 29 -- Do you feel bloated by the end of the day? If yes, you are not alone. Many people wake up with a flat stomach in the morning; however, as the day progresses, they often end up feeling bloated, believing their weight has increased, or that they have accumulated fat.

But is that the truth? According to Dr Saurabh Sethi, a gastroenterologist and hepatologist from California, trained at the AIIMS, Stanford, and Harvard University, feeling bloated by the end of the day does not mean you are 'gaining fat'. It is rather more complex.

Explaining the biology behind feeling bloated at the end of the day, Dr Sethi, who has examined over 25,000 guts, wrote, "You're not 'gaining fat' - you're just bloated. Bloating is not the same ...