What makes people fart?

[SplitInfinity]

Does anyone have a real explanation in medical terms why people fart?
What "makes" the gas, medically speaking.

What is the content of this gas? Can it be used to power something?

[Makingcoin]

Check your icq.

I farted.

[u-Bob]

Flatulence is a mixture of gases that are produced by symbiotic bacteria and yeasts living in the gastrointestinal tract of mammals, and aerosolized particles of feces, and it is released under pressure through the anus with a characteristic sound and odor. Flatulence in its verb form is called flatulation or to flatulate is known colloquially as farting, but some people find the word fart offensive and will use a euphemism as an alternative. Most animals, birds, fishes and insects also fart. </google>

[BV]

methane gas, caused from decaying organic matter.
basic biology 101

[Sly]

The bacteria and microorganisms in your intestines produce gas as a bi-product.

[I'm a sig whore]

........gas........

[gooddomains]

beans and beans and beans

[SplitInfinity]

But, if "stored" can you produce energy with it?

[billywatson]

Ever fart after a nice meal of sauerkraut and hard boiled eggs?

Yum.

[mrthumbs]

Originally Posted by SplitInfinity

But, if "stored" can you produce energy with it?

interested in using it in SF backup powerplan?

[Pure Evil]

Originally Posted by SplitInfinity

But, if "stored" can you produce energy with it?

depends on what kinda energy you mean

[AllThumbs]

Originally Posted by SplitInfinity

But, if "stored" can you produce energy with it?

Yep, methane can make a nice bang if you fill a balloon with it. Otherwise known as 'Natural Gas' when they pipe it into your house for your furnace or stove.

[Martin]

I dont know but its fucking funny.

[SplitInfinity]

Server Farm power backup plan! hahaha :-)

I can just imagine it... "OK, now everybody, insert your hoses and work together..... " hahaha

Just curious if that is a potential power source for like cars or something.

[madawgz]

the more beans you eat the more you fart! LOL

[bknoob]

my fart doesnt smell

[Madcatz]

But remember its better to fart than to shart

[SplitInfinity]

Worst is when you shit your pants accidentally.

LOL

[sickkittens]

I actually farted at the same moment I read the thread title...Freaky.

[SplitInfinity]

"I actually farted at the same moment I read the thread title...Freaky."


Now that *is* freaky. Anyone else?
Maybe we should all fart at 7PM EST

Ill make a new thread about it.

[Bdiddy]

Originally Posted by SplitInfinity

Worst is when you shit your pants accidentally.

LOL

Yes, that is the worst type of fart

[Big_Red]

ask my chair. i have ditched some landmines on that mofo.

[munki]

I'm sensing way to much menthane here...

<running away holding nose while throwing a match back in this threads general area>

[AtlantisCash]

Originally Posted by sickkittens

I actually farted at the same moment I read the thread title...Freaky.

yeah the same here & i wana fart more :P fart fart fart fart fart fart fart fart lol

[BusterBunny]

farts.....

[Jarmusch]

Originally Posted by u-Bob

Most animals, birds, fishes and insects also fart. </google>

Insects fart? I learn something new here everyday.

[GoodGuy]

Lazy people fart.

[E$_manager]

the gas that makes up a fart comes from two sources: more originates from the breakdown of food by the digestive system, and some is from swallowed air. In the first case, foodstuffs are broken down by enzymes, stomach acids, and intestinal bacteria in order for the energy in them to be made available to the body. Through the processes of digestion and fermentation, gases can be liberated from what's eaten. In the second case, air that a person swallows from eating, drinking, breathing, chewing gum, and being stressed, among other ways of entry, that's not expelled during a burp travels through the stomach and intestine, transforming into fart-ready mode. In either case, the gases flow down through the rest of the digestive tract and eventually exit the body hahaha8212; Poof! Ping! Pfft! Toot-toot! Kaboom! hahaha8212; expelled as a fart, or farts. And this silent or noisy expulsion of air can help bring about some relief and comfort from a buildup of gas within the lower part of the body.

[DaddyHalbucks]

From Wikipedia:

Nitrogen is the primary gas released. Methane and hydrogen, lesser components, are flammable, and so flatulence is susceptible to catching fire. Not all humans produce flatus that contains methane. For example, in one study of the feces of nine adults, only five of the samples contained bacteria capable of producing methane[5]. Similar results are found in samples of gas obtained from within the rectum. The gas released during a flatus event frequently has a foul odor which mainly results from low molecular weight fatty acids such as butyric acid (rancid butter smell) and reduced sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) and carbonyl sulfide that are the result of protein breakdown. The incidence of odoriferous compounds in flatus increases from herbivores, such as cattle, to omnivores to carnivorous species, such as cats. Flatulence odor can also occur when there is a number of bacteria and/or feces in the anus while being expelled. A small amount of solid or liquid fecal matter in fine particulate aerosol form may also be expelled, and included, along with flatulence.

Intestinal gas is composed of 90% exogenous sources (air that is ingested through the nose and mouth) and 10% endogenous sources (gas produced within the digestive tract). The exogenous gases are swallowed (aerophagia) when eating or drinking or during times of excessive salivation (as might occur when nauseated or as the result of gastroesophageal reflux disease). The endogenous gases are produced as a by-product of digesting certain types of food.

Flatulence producing foods are typically high in polysaccharides (especially oligosaccharides such as inulin) and include beans, lentils, milk, onions, radish, sweet potatoes, cheese, cashews, broccoli, cabbage, Jerusalem artichokes, oats, yeast in breads, etc. In beans, endogenous gases seem to arise from oligosaccharides, carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion. These pass through the upper intestine largely unchanged, and when they reach the lower intestine, bacteria feed on them, producing copious amounts of flatus (McGee 1984 pp.257hahaha8211;8).In the case of those with lactose intolerance, intestinal bacteria feeding on lactose can give rise to excessive gas production when milk or lactose-containing substances have been consumed.

Interest in the causes of flatulence was spurred by high-altitude flight and the space program; the low atmospheric pressure, confined conditions, and stresses peculiar to those endeavours were cause for concern (McGee, 1984 pp.257hahaha8211;8).

[ProducerCashDave]

Originally Posted by SplitInfinity

Worst is when you shit your pants accidentally.

LOL

Thats called Sharting- Shit & Fart combined

[MaddCaz]

Originally Posted by BV

methane gas, caused from decaying organic matter.
basic biology 101

[SomeCreep]

Lots of beans

[Doctor Dre]

Your shit is made from bacterias at like 70 %. theses bacterais while eating your thurd, produce methane gas among others. It gotta go out one way or another.

You learn that in early high school dude... where have you been ?

[gecko]

Originally Posted by BV

methane gas, caused from decaying organic matter.
basic biology 101

word up.........

[gandalfuy]

just gas dude, no big deal

[czarina]

MY shit don't stink but the farts will a topic for another shitty day.

[iDope]

Originally Posted by DaddyHalbucks

From Wikipedia:

Nitrogen is the primary gas released. Methane and hydrogen, lesser components, are flammable, and so flatulence is susceptible to catching fire. Not all humans produce flatus that contains methane. For example, in one study of the feces of nine adults, only five of the samples contained bacteria capable of producing methane[5]. Similar results are found in samples of gas obtained from within the rectum. The gas released during a flatus event frequently has a foul odor which mainly results from low molecular weight fatty acids such as butyric acid (rancid butter smell) and reduced sulfur compounds such as hydrogen sulfide (rotten egg smell) and carbonyl sulfide that are the result of protein breakdown. The incidence of odoriferous compounds in flatus increases from herbivores, such as cattle, to omnivores to carnivorous species, such as cats. Flatulence odor can also occur when there is a number of bacteria and/or feces in the anus while being expelled. A small amount of solid or liquid fecal matter in fine particulate aerosol form may also be expelled, and included, along with flatulence.

Intestinal gas is composed of 90% exogenous sources (air that is ingested through the nose and mouth) and 10% endogenous sources (gas produced within the digestive tract). The exogenous gases are swallowed (aerophagia) when eating or drinking or during times of excessive salivation (as might occur when nauseated or as the result of gastroesophageal reflux disease). The endogenous gases are produced as a by-product of digesting certain types of food.

Flatulence producing foods are typically high in polysaccharides (especially oligosaccharides such as inulin) and include beans, lentils, milk, onions, radish, sweet potatoes, cheese, cashews, broccoli, cabbage, Jerusalem artichokes, oats, yeast in breads, etc. In beans, endogenous gases seem to arise from oligosaccharides, carbohydrates that are resistant to digestion. These pass through the upper intestine largely unchanged, and when they reach the lower intestine, bacteria feed on them, producing copious amounts of flatus (McGee 1984 pp.257hahaha8211;8).In the case of those with lactose intolerance, intestinal bacteria feeding on lactose can give rise to excessive gas production when milk or lactose-containing substances have been consumed.

Interest in the causes of flatulence was spurred by high-altitude flight and the space program; the low atmospheric pressure, confined conditions, and stresses peculiar to those endeavours were cause for concern (McGee, 1984 pp.257hahaha8211;8).

Wow, that's way more than what I would have liked to know about farts.

[Scott McD]

Everyone loves their own brand.

[Stacey_JoinRightNow]

A fart is a combination of gases (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, oxygen, methane, and hydrogen sulfide) that travels from a person's stomach to their anus. When a person swallows too much air or eats foods that the human digestive system cannot digest easily gas becomes trapped in his/her stomach. The only way for this excess gas to exit the body is through the anus.

The gas that makes your farts stink is the hydrogen sulfide gas. This gas contains sulfur which causes farts to have a smelly odor. The more sulfur rich your diet, the more your farts will stink. Some foods that cause really smelly farts include: beans, cabbage, cheese, soda, and eggs.

scientific name for a fart is flatus or flatulence.

The word fart is just one of many different terms used to describe the release of gasses from the human body. Other popular names for farts or farting include: gassers, stinkers, air biscuits, bombers, barking spiders, rotten eggs, and wet ones. You can pass gas, break wind, blast, beef, poof, rip one, let one fly, step on a duck, and cut the cheese.

Farts can be stinky, wet, loud, or silent but deadly. Pee-eeew!!!

Did you know?
On the average, a healthy person farts 16 times a day.
Hey guys, don't be fooled by girls who tell you that they never fart. Everyone farts, including girls. In fact, females fart just as much as males.
Many animals fart too. Cats, dogs, and cows. Elephants fart the most.
People fart the most in their sleep.
Farts that contain a large amount of methane & hydrogen can be flammable.

sources: http://www.heptune.com/farts.html
http://www.coolquiz.com/trivia/explain/docs/fart.asp

[MyNameIsNobody]

air in peoples mums pussys.. that's just my own experience. I could be wrong

[Bozena X]

making farts scientific is like.... I need help people.

[Axzar]

I bet you $100 you can't set fart on fire.