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Does suppressing the urge to toot endanger one's health?
The Straight Dope ^ | April 26, 1985 | Cecil Adams

Posted on 09/24/2010 4:03:29 PM PDT by EveningStar

Dear Cecil:

My mother has always told me that the real way to spell relief is f-a-r-t. I have always been a person closely attuned to what is truly natural in myself and others and would appreciate an answer to a problem that has haunted me since childhood.

If gas pains are caused by intestinal gas, then how come I never feel better when I fart? All I ever feel is embarrassed.

— Lauran P., Washington, D.C.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: fart; health; napl; passinggas
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1 posted on 09/24/2010 4:03:31 PM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Never fart in a smart car.


2 posted on 09/24/2010 4:05:09 PM PDT by True Grit
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To: EveningStar

I never feel better when you fart either.

;) Steve


3 posted on 09/24/2010 4:05:42 PM PDT by ha maker (Sanity for lurkers)
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To: EveningStar

This thread is gonna stink...


4 posted on 09/24/2010 4:06:35 PM PDT by GSP.FAN (Some days, it's not even worth chewing through the restraints.)
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To: EveningStar

The Straight Dope was a funny column.


5 posted on 09/24/2010 4:07:30 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: EveningStar; Slings and Arrows

Toot!


6 posted on 09/24/2010 4:07:54 PM PDT by fanfan (Why did they bury Barry's past?)
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To: EveningStar

She must be a grass eater.


7 posted on 09/24/2010 4:08:00 PM PDT by Deaf Smith
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To: EveningStar

8 posted on 09/24/2010 4:08:33 PM PDT by jaz.357 (Stock up on AMMO Bro!)
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To: EveningStar

Oh good grief....


9 posted on 09/24/2010 4:10:16 PM PDT by Drango (NO-vember is payback for April 15th)
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To: EveningStar
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10 posted on 09/24/2010 4:11:36 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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To: EveningStar

Beans, beans
Good for your heart

The more you eat
The more you fart

The more you fart
The better you feel

Eat beans at every meal


11 posted on 09/24/2010 4:12:44 PM PDT by dfwgator (Rangers Magic Number - 4)
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To: True Grit

Or on a cop.

http://allweirdnews.com/man-farts-on-cops/


12 posted on 09/24/2010 4:12:51 PM PDT by Salamander (I made friends with a lot of people in the danger zone.)
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To: cripplecreek

Yeah, but what about Dingell-Norwood, huh?


13 posted on 09/24/2010 4:14:11 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: EveningStar

Someday I’m going to have to make a deathbed confession to my wife that she never did do that loudly in her sleep.


14 posted on 09/24/2010 4:15:28 PM PDT by VR-21
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To: EveningStar

Cant say if this will help “Lauren,” but I think its a good product. Hard drinking freepers should be excited by the reference to: “over-consumption of alcohol.”

http://www.vitacost.com/Source-Naturals-Daily-Essential-Enzymes

Its available in other places. Product information:

“Digestive Aid”

“As we age, hydrochloric acid and digestive enzyme secretion both decline; there is a natural need to replenish the body’s digestive enzymes. Add to that the many additional factors - poor eating habits, inadequate chewing, “eating on the run,” and over-consumption of alcohol - that contribute to digestive problems. Essential Enzymes™ is highly effective because it is a Bio-Aligned™ formula that contains a wide array of enzymes that break down proteins, fats, milk sugars, fiber, and carbohydrates in a wide pH range. It aids the body’s natural digestive process, maximizing the body’s utilization of the nutrients in the diet while decreasing digestive discomforts. Essential Enzymes™ is now available in convenient blister packs that can be used for meals outside the home. Each capsule contains 500 mg of an all-vegetarian, broad spectrum blend of digestive enzymes”

My daughter has a bad GI tract problem and this stuff helps.


15 posted on 09/24/2010 4:16:54 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission
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To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro

This thread shows promise.


16 posted on 09/24/2010 4:17:41 PM PDT by EveningStar (Karl Marx is not one of our Founding Fathers.)
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To: True Grit

Never fart in a smart car.


Actually it may not be that bad in some of the newer versions of the Smart Car...

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/small_cars.html


17 posted on 09/24/2010 4:17:41 PM PDT by deport
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To: EveningStar

Is this out of “Ask the Imam”?


18 posted on 09/24/2010 4:19:12 PM PDT by Hoosier-Daddy ( "It does no good to be a super power if you have to worry what the neighbors think." BuffaloJack)
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To: EveningStar

Dear whoever wrote this drivel letter: Find a freakin’ bathroom, close door, rip one, leave, wash hands and get back to work. What’s so fisking hard to figure out about this?


19 posted on 09/24/2010 4:19:42 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (WTF happened to my country?? I joined the Marines and defended the USA and it degenerates into this?)
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To: EveningStar

ABSOLUTELY! See here what happens when natural functions are shut down!

Who is the boss
http://www.jokesunlimited.com/jokes/who_is_the_boss.html


20 posted on 09/24/2010 4:22:26 PM PDT by abb ("What ISN'T in the news is often more important than what IS." Ed Biersmith, 1942 -)
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