If the gas piles up, and there is too much of it, the volume will increase and put stress on the intestinal wall, which in turn leads to pain and discomfort. These food products contain heavily digestible carbohydrates, which are very popular among bacteria. “Everybody gets bloated from raw onions, peas, and cabbage, to name a few obvious candidates. “I personally distinguish between the silent guerrilla farts, that often stink pretty badly, and the noisy farts, which usually do not smell as bad as the guerrilla farts, despite being more explosive.” The bacteria are sustained through the food you eat.” That is ten times more than the total number of cells in the human body. The colon contains ten thousand billion bacteria. When we eat, the food we swallow is absorbed and works as food for the bacteria located in the colon. Most people will release the daily amount of gas through ten to twenty emissions. “As previously stated, we release approximately 200 millilitres of intestinal gas during the day. It also contains smaller amounts of sulphur, which helps create the foul smell.” “Intestinal gas consists mainly of nitrogen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. Intestinal gas is healthy, without it we would die.” Most of the bowel gas gets sucked up into the blood, leaving approximately 200 millilitres to be let out. Most of the air consists of nutrients that work as building blocks that are important for your body. “A study found that during 24 hours, 30 litres of air would pass through the intestinal system. If burping does not bring the air back up, it will travel through the entire intestinal system, which is six to seven metres long.” Ventriloquists in fact use swallowed air to speak. If you chew gum, you are constantly swallowing air. Every time you swallow, you swallow ten millilitres of air. The gas comes from either the air you swallow, or because of bacteria in the colon.

“A fart, or flatulence, as it is also known, is intestinal gas.

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