Why do we fart?
Flatulence, it can creep up on you at the worst of times but it happens to everyone. According to Better Health Victoria flatulence can be caused by two things: Food breaking down in your digestive system and swallowed air.
When food is digested, gases within that food are separated, forcing them to slip out of your body in the form of wind. These are the types of farts that you don’t want to let out on an elevator thanks to the horrible smelling sulphur gas from your food that they most likely contain.
When you swallow air on the other hand, while eating, drinking or just taking a deep breath those farts don’t smell because it’s simply air being released from your body.
So there you go, bet that’s more than you ever needed to know about body gas.