Eating these four foods can help make passing gas more pleasant.
Key Takeaways
For kids, farting is often hilarious.
But, quickly, you learn that farting in front of others can be embarrassing.
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If you do not pass gas through burping or farting, gas can build up uncomfortably.
When you eat, you swallow food, fluids and air.
Digestion also produces gas in the small and large intestines.
Bacteria live in the gut, releasing gas as they feed on the food.
Sometimes, you may not even know you passed gas if it doesn’t stink.
However, certain foods can make farts foul.
What Causes Smelly Farts?
To understand how smelly farts come about, let’s take a step back to understand food chemistry.
Foods are made up of chemical compounds.
When gut bacteria feed on foods with sulfur, they release the notorious “rotten egg” smell.
Being constipatedcould also lead to rotten-egg-smelling farts.
The buildup of stool can make digestion a bit more challenging.
Gas, therefore, gets expelled to relieve built-up pressure in the colon.
Ginger
Ginger offers a fiery flavor with a comforting kick to foods and beverages.
Let thesehealthy ginger recipesinspire you to add some zing to your diet.
There are many ways to include wheat bran in your diet.
Add it to your morning cereal, or use it to make our deliciousBanana-Bran Muffins.
Probiotic-Rich Foods
A 2020 review published inNutrientsfound that foods containing probiotics may help improve digestion by reducing lactose-intolerance symptoms.
Probiotics are present in avariety of fermented foods, including yogurt, kefir and miso.
The Bottom Line
Producing and passing gas is a part of normal digestion.
You may fart 8 to 14 times a day.
Farting up to 25 times a day is still considered normal.
Constipation also causes gas to be stinkier, due to stool built up in the large intestine.
Passing gas is a normal physiological process.
