Flatulence

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Why Do I Have Gas (Flatulence)?

*) Everyone has flatulence.

*) We call it gas, but it's called Flatulence.

*) Flatulence is the gas accumulated in the lower digestive tract (colon) and gas passed through the rectum is called flatus.

*) Burping or passing flatus through the rectum is normal.

*) It is rare for a person to have too much flatulence.

*) Most people "produce" about 1 to 3 pints of flatulence a day.

*) Most people "pass" flatus about 14 times a day (ranging between 3 and 40 times), depending on their diet.

*) "Fizzy" liquids can give you flatulence.

*) Foods that produce flatulence in one person may not cause flatulence in another.

*) Carbohydrates produce more flatulence than fats, and proteins.

*) Most of the time flatulence is odorless.

*) When there is "odor" it comes from hydrogen sulfide made by hundreds of harmless and normal bacteria in the large intestine (colon).

References:
digestive.niddk.nih.gov

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