Random Reasons Why People Fart You Need to Know (17 items)

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  (#8) Toots Can Move at 10 Feet Per Second

  You might notice that there's a delay from when you hear a fart to when you smell it, but that hardly means that toots are moving slowly. Scientists, for some reason, decided to measure how fast farts really go when they're moving at top speed. What they found is that these fast little puffs can actually travel at 10 feet per second, or a little over three meters per second.

  By comparison, that's almost seven miles per hour, so even though it's a little gust of odorous wind, it's got some horsepower behind it. 
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  (#3) Some Flatulence Comes From Eating

   

  This is probably the cause most people associate with stinky gas, and good reason. Most foods have at least some level of carbohydrates, and not all of this can be broken down into liquid and solid waste.

  Undigested carbs pass into the intestine and colon, where they're picked apart by bacteria, such as the healthy kinds of E. Coli. These bacteria produce gas, which fills the intestines and colon and eventually need to be expelled when it builds up too much. In short, almost every time you eat, you've giving your body fuel with which to make toots. 

   
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  (#5) Your Toots Stink Because of Sulfur

   

  You know that mineral that smells like rotten eggs? Well, that's basically the same substance that makes your farts reek. The general makeup of toots consist of 59% nitrogen, 21% hydrogen, 9% carbon dioxide, 7% methane, 4% oxygen, and merely 1% hydrogen sulfide (sulfur). That means that the smallest part of your fart is actually what gives it the biggest impact!

  Depending on whether swallowing air, eating, or normal blood flow is the cause of the fart, that percent can vary, and can mean a distinctly stinkier fart. Of course, none of this has much to do with why farts make the funny sound they do.

   
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  (#7) People Pass Gas an Average of 14 Times Per Day

   

  Some people say that women never fart. First of all, that's not true, everyone farts, and actually some studies show that women may even have more concentrated fart-smells than men. But besides that fact, we all fart all the time, no matter our race, gender, religion, or age. Go ahead, look at the people around you and just know that they fart regularly.

  What's more is that we pass gas not once or twice every day, but roughly 14 times per day! Much of that happens while we're sleeping because the anal muscles are more relaxed, but the simple fact is that everyone toots, more than once every two hours. This number can be significantly higher based on diet and genetic predisposition.

   
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  (#14) If You Fart a Lot After Eating Dairy, You Might Be Lactose Intolerant

  If you're noticing that you have really bad and painful gas after having dairy, you might actually be lactose intolerant. Most people have some level of lactose intolerance, and it isn't life threatening or permanently damaging per se. However, it can be a huge discomfort that can impact the quality of life for many people and it's actually really each to treat with diet changes and medication.

  So, if you're in gassy pain after having a glass of milk or an Alfredo sauce, it might be worth your time to get tested for lactose intolerance. Especially if you live or sleep with someone with sensitive nostrils. 
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  (#4) Some Toots Come From Your Blood

   

  Even without food, your blood can still create gas that needs to escape your body. Most farts contain some amount of carbon dioxide, which is produced by blood flow, that brings oxygen to bacteria living in various parts of the body.

  The bacteria uses the oxygen brought by flowing blood to different organs to help power them, and then creates waste in the form of carbon dioxide gas, much like we do when we breathe in and breathe out. While toots may be made of all these different factors, there's really only one factor that makes them stink. . .

   

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