why do foods give you gas?

Question

what causes the body to gas up? why is it that some people can eat any thing and not be bothered with it and others are affected by almost everything.

Answer 1

When our body breaks down the food with our enzymes in our stomach and intestines, the biproduct forms gas.

Answer 2

What causes gas?

Gas in the digestive tract (that is, the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine) comes from two sources:

1. Swallowed air

2. Normal breakdown of certain undigested foods by harmless bacteria naturally present in the large intestine (colon)

The body does not digest and absorb some carbohydrates (the sugar, starches, and fiber found in many foods) in the small intestine because of a shortage or absence of certain enzymes. This undigested food then passes from the small intestine into the large intestine, where normal, harmless bacteria break down the food, producing hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and, in about one-third of all people, methane. Eventually these gases exit through the rectum. People who make methane do not necessarily pass more gas or have unique symptoms.

Foods that produce gas in one person may not cause gas in another. Some common bacteria in the large intestine can destroy the hydrogen that other bacteria produce. The balance of the two types of bacteria may explain why some people have more gas than others.

Answer 3

Gas in the digestive tract (that is, the esophagus, stomach, small intestine, and large intestine) comes from two sources:
:swallowed air
:normal breakdown of certain undigested foods by harmless bacteria naturally present in the large intestine (colon)

Foods that produce gas in one person may not cause gas in another. Some common bacteria in the large intestine can destroy the hydrogen that other bacteria produce. The balance of the two types of bacteria may explain why some people have more gas than others.

Answer 4

The bacteria in the body processes the food in our intestines, then defecates....gas comes out of them, and this causes our gas.

Answer 5

It mostly comes from carbs (sugars), swallowed air, or undigested foods.
Remember this poem?
Beans Beans, Good for the heart
The more you eat them, the more you fart.
The more you fart, the better you feel
So, eat those beans for every meal

(Well, it's the carbs in the beans)

See this...
http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/gas/
Gas is necessary. See this...
http://www.davidstuff.com/humor/farts.htm

Answer 6

because we forget to take our Beano