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What Causes Flatulence

Sometimes severe and often embarrassing, flatulence is so personal and socially unacceptable we may not even be able to ask our doctor about it.

We have all have eaten food that upsets the normal chemical reaction in our gut. But understanding what causes flatulence requires a little more consideration than just avoiding baked beans.

Facts about what causes Flatulence

Did you know that chronic flatulence is a telltale sign of food intolerance? There are only four kinds of Food Intolerance (not to be confused with Food Allergy) and they are widely suffered:

Food Intolerance	Prevalence
Dairy Intolerance (includes Lactose intolerance)	~75%	3 in 4 people
Yeast sensitivity (eg. Candida infections)	~33%	1 in 3 people
Gluten sensitivity (inc. Celiac and Wheat intolerance)	~15%	1 in 7 people
Fructose or Sugar sensitivity	~35%	1 in 3 people
Food allergy	~1%	1 in 100 people

To narrow the possibilities, look in the Symptoms Matrix (must register first).

If you are one of the 75% of people who are affected by food intolerance, it makes sense to investigate - doesn't it? Untreated food intolerance is the cause of many serious Health Risks later in life.

There is only one failsafe and accurate way to identify food intolerance and that's by doing an Elimination Diet.

How Food Intolerance Causes Flatulence

When you have food intolerance, instead of producing small amounts of the harmless and odourless gases methane, nitrogen and oxygen as with normal digestion, the intestine begins producing toxic and smelly sulphides and mercaptans - sulphur bearing gases.

Sometimes these are produced under higher temperatures and pressures than our gut can easily manage and we feel ill with abdominal distension (stomach bloating) and pain.

Other conditions associated with flatulence:

Constipation

Anal inflammation

Hemorrhoids

Diarrhea

Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Anaemia

Nutrient malabsorption

Identifying the causes of Flatulence

There are only a few types of food intolerance

To find out which one might be yours, look in the Symptoms Matrix (must register first).

As you can see from the table above food intolerance is common. Lots of people have it but don't realise. Flatulence is a signal from your body. Don't ignore the signal.

The best and quickest way to positively identify your food intolerance is with the Detection Diet only available through The Tuesday Club.

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Author: Deborah Manners B.Sc.(Hons) Dip.Ed. is not a medical or healthcare professional. Ms Manners has multiple food intolerances and presents information from the point of view of the consumer.

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Date modified: 23 March 2008