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Why do we fart?


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When we eat, we also swallow air. Also, when the food gets digested in the intestines, gas is produced. These are known as farts.

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Gas in our intestines come from air we swallow, oxygen from blood, and chemical reactions from chemicals and bacteria in our guts.

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When food gets digested in the intestines,gas is produced. Gases are passed out through the intestine from anus called farts.

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We swallow air when we eat and gas is produced when we digest food. Gases passed out the intestine into air are farts.

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The gas in our intestines comes from several sources: air we swallow, gas seeping into our intestines from our blood, gas MORE?

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When we eat,we swallow air. Food digests in the intestines, gas is produced. The gases pass thru the intestine and anus are farts.

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When excess gas is sensed in the rectum, a signal is sent to the brain, which ascertains if it's a good time to release the gas.

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The gas making up a fart originates from the breakdown of food or from swallowed air. Over time the gas needs to exit the body.

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