The Stinky Truth Behind Farts

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Would you believe me if I told you that farts (medically known as flatulence) can actually be an indicator of poor health? Some farts are actually more than simply an embarrassment at the dinner table or a first date. Farts can actually be an indicator that something is seriously wrong in your digestion leading to a variety of health issues.

Everyone farts, this much is true. On average, most humans fart between 10 and 20 times a day, but sometimes much more!

Intestinal gas is composed of nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen, and methane. These gases are generally odorless, but can become foul smelling when other gases, such as sulfates, are added. This occurs in two ways. First, if the gas remains in the intestines for an extended period of time, bacteria start adding foul smelling sulfates to it. The second thing that makes farts smelly is consuming foods that are high in sulfur. Foods such as cauliflower (and the rest of the cabbage family), eggs, cheese, garlic, onions, and meat are notorious for producing smelly farts because of their high content of sulfur. In addition, sugars such as raffinose, stachiose, and verbascose lead to gas because when these sugars reach our intestines, the bacteria goes wild, producing gas.

Lets break down where fart gas comes from:

1. Air we swallow
2. Gas seeping into our intestines from the blood
3. Gas produced by chemical reactions in our guts
4. Gas produced by bacteria in our guts

What concerns me most in regards to health, are the last two.

Gas Produced By Chemical Reactions and Bacteria In Our Guts

If the food you are eating isn’t digested properly and is left to sit in your stomach, chances are it’s either putrefying (rotting) or fermenting, causing the release of toxic gases. Over the long term, these toxic gases (nasty smelling flatulence), cause serious disorders such as constipation, nervous disorders, a slowdown of general metabolism and digestive disorders including: gas, heartburn, cramps, bloating, constipation, foul stools, bleeding piles, colitis and more. In general, the average American male carries about five pounds of undigested, putrefying red meat in his digestive system (and no wonder most people fart over 20 times a day!).

What happens next is that the blood stream absorbs toxins produced by putrefaction, which leads to allergies, hives, headaches and nausea.

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