Category: Flatulence
Gas producing foods may not need to be eliminated completely, unless you have problems of food intolerance, or food sensitivity. Sometimes eating smaller amounts will help to reduce flatulence. Be sure to drink at least 8 to 10 glasses of water a day if you use fiber supplements.
Foods that can cause flatulence (gas) in the digestive tract in some people may not produce flatulence in other people. It all depends on the amount and type of bacteria each person has in the large intestine. Gas producing foods may not need to be eliminated completely, unless you have problems of food intolerance (or food sensitivity), sometimes eating smaller amounts will help to reduce flatulence.
Usually, most foods that contain carbohydrates can cause gas, and proteins and fats cause little gas.
Gas in the Digestive Tract Comes From Two Causes
- 1) Swallowing Air (aerophagia)
Everyone swallows small amounts of air when eating and drinking, but eating or drinking rapidly, as well as chewing gum, smoking, or wearing loose dentures can cause some people to take in more air. Belching or burping, is the way most swallowed air leaves the stomach. The remaining gas is partially absorbed into the * small intestine and a small amount goes into the large intestine and is released through the rectum (flatus).
* 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.