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Health: What You Do Not Know About Excessive And Normal Farting Habits by Enzorazor: 10:38pm On Oct 08, 2019
Why Do I Keep Farting?
Whether they’re loud or silent, stinky, or odorless, everyone farts. Doctors say the average person farts anywhere from 5 to 15 times per day. Farting is a normal part of digestion that reflects the activity of the bacteria in your gut. You might also notice that you fart more when you eat certain foods that are more difficult to digest, such as beans or raw vegetables.

While farting every day is normal, farting all the time is not. Excessive farting, also called flatulence, can make you feel uncomfortable and self-conscious. It might also be a sign of a health problem. You have excessive flatulence if you fart more than 20 times per day.

In most cases, excessive farting can be controlled with changes to your diet and lifestyle. But in some cases, it’s necessary to seek out medical attention. What should you do about your excessive flatulence? Here’s what you need to know:

What causes a person to fart more than normal?
As you swallow a piece of food, mouthful of water, or simply your own saliva, you also swallow some air. This air builds up in your digestive system. More gas builds up when you digest food. Your body works to get rid of this gas either by farting or burping.

All of this is normal. Your farts might be loud or silent. They might be stinky or they might be odorless. Stinky farts are often caused by:

eating high-fiber foods
having a food intolerance
taking certain medications such as antibiotics
being constipated
a bacterial buildup in your digestive tract
Very rarely, stinky farts are caused by colon cancer.

But what causes a person to fart more than usual? Some common causes include:

Hard-to-digest foods
Some foods are more difficult for your body to digest than others. These foods often contain high amounts of fiber or certain kinds of sugars that’re hard for the body to process. Some people may be more affected by some foods than others. Some foods that commonly cause excessive gas include:

beans
lentils
cabbage
broccoli
cauliflower
bok choy
Brussels sprouts
bran
dairy products containing lactose, such as milk or cheese
fructose, found in some fruits and often used as a sweetener in soft drinks and candy
sorbitol, a sugar substitute found in candies and artificial sweeteners
carbonated beverages, such as soda and beer
wheat
Digestive disorders
Some digestive disorders that cause excessive farting include:

autoimmune pancreatitis
celiac disease
Crohn’s disease
diabetes
dumping syndrome
eating disorders
gastroesophageal reflux disease
gastroparesis
inflammatory bowel disease
irritable bowel syndrome
lactose intolerance
peptic ulcer
ulcerative colitis
These digestive disorders interfere with normal digestion, placing stress on your digestive system, and often result in excessive farting.

Stress
Some people experience symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome — which includes excessive farting — when stressed. Some people may also engage in habits that cause excessive farting when they’re stressed, such as smoking, chewing gum, eating sweets or drinking alcohol.

Constipation
The more time food waste spends in your colon, the more time it has to ferment. This often leads to very frequent and stinky farts.

Changes in the amount or type of bacteria in your digestive tract.

Antibiotics or consuming food tainted with bacteria can wreak havoc on your digestive tract, causing excessive farting.

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Source: https://ngg.ng/2019/10/08/health-what-you-do-not-know-about-excessive-and-normal-farting-habits/

Re: Health: What You Do Not Know About Excessive And Normal Farting Habits by MrBrownJay1(m): 3:22am On Oct 09, 2019
Very true.... i use to fart excessively back in the days. Stopped taking any dairy products and within a week (max 10days) it was over, just like that.

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