
6 Evidence-Based Ways to Manage Gas (and 1 That’s Making It Worse)
Why do beans cause gas, and why does some gas smell terrible while other gas has no odor at all? Those are two different questions with two different answers, and confusing them is why most gas remedies fail.
In this episode I break down what your gut is actually producing. Roughly 99% of intestinal gas is odorless, and the volume that comes from beans, fiber, and resistant starch is the product of healthy bacterial fermentation. The smell is something else entirely. It comes from hydrogen sulfide, made when gut bacteria break down sulfur-containing amino acids that are far more concentrated…
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