Monday, May 23, 2011

What Causes Flatulence?

You won't find out whats causing your flatulence until you really delve deep into this topic, and once you do, you will discover what really is your problem. But if you are anything like I was, before I found a cure to my own stomach gas problems, then you are completely fed up of the discomfort, abdominal bloating and this embarrassing problem and want to know what causes your flatulence and how to get rid of it.

After much of my own research into what causes stomach gas, a couple of eating experiments with different food types and sources, I finally found out how I could put an end to my stomach discomfort.

I'm not a doctor by the way, just someone who reached his threshold with stomach gas. I became almost obsessed with finding a treatment and once I found it, I felt I had to share what I discovered with anyone who was experiencing the same problems.

Flatulence is the end, and usually smelly product of the mix of excess gases pushed from your large colon and out of your rectum. The noises that you hear are caused because the gas is pushed out between your buttocks.

The expelled gas forces them apart, which forces a vibrating of your 'cheeks' and surrounding area. The process which causes your normal toilet movement, is also responsible for you passing gas.

This gas is a mixture of gases air which you have breathed in through your mouth, and intestinal gases which are created as food passes through your digestive system.

Another more serious cause of flatulence is an underlying health problem, like if you have a lactose intolerance problem. Constipation is also a cause, and I can testament to this because I was suffering a great deal with abdominal cramps and constipation previous to finding a cure.

But for most of us it is the food we eat and the air which we swallow which causes gas. Ways which we swallow gas include smoking, chewing gum, chewing and swallowing food too quickly, and sucking on things like pencils or pens like if you are in work and always have a pen in your hand, where does it usually end up when you're not writing? In your mouth right!)

We are all told to eat vegetables as part of our health nutrition plan, but believe it or not, there is an abundance of vegetables which contain non digestable carbohydrates, which can cause a bunch of problems including the production of intestinal gases.

When you eat these foods, some of it resists the digestion process and are left undigested in your colon. This causes flatulence and is one which we cannot usually avoid, unless you know which foods not to eat, and which foods, including vegetables that you should be eating to combat the formation of intestinal gases.

The undigested food is what causes endogenous gases - gases which are produced in your digestive system. As the digestion process begins to work, any food which is not digested by your stomach, moves along through the colon and forms these gases.

Symptoms of flatulence. Passing of gas is the main symptom, however this is typically accompanied by stomach bloating and discomfort, along with burping.


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