my grand daughter just asked me why people pass gas this question is for her.?

Answer 1

Most of the air we take in goes down our bronchi and into our lungs. However, some air goes past the windpipe and down into our stomachs, especially when we are eating. If we don't get rid of that air by burping, there's only one other place it can go.

Also, certain foods, such as beans, when they are broken down chemically inside our bodies, release gases that travel through our digestive canals along with the food. When a pocket of this gas arrives at the "back door", it presses on the nerve endings there. Those nerves send a signal to our brains, telling us that we need to pass gas.

Answer 2

People drink and swallow air that has to either come up in the form of a burp or go down in the form of gas. You will discover that foods that contain a lot of roughage like cabbage are big gas producers. The undigested food parts that are waiting to exit the body also produce gases as they break down. Since they are too far down in the digestive tract it comes out as gas.

Answer 3

Some of the gas in flatulence is gas that we ingest as we eat.

Bacteria live in many places on our bodies, including inside our colons. As digested food passes into the colon, these bacteria eat and process some of the chemicals in the food. As these bacteria digest these chemicals, they put off methane gas and other smelly chemicals, causing flatulence.

Answer 4

Because people inhale extra air when they chew gum or eat food, and it goes out one way or the other ;)

Answer 5

I always say to my nieces and nephews ' if you don't you'll explode.!' ...people who don't break wind get fat I say....so now they're terrified and are letting it off let right and centre.!Kids.!