Pondadat
October 27, 2004, 08:45 PM
Passing Wind can be embarrassing in public like at the library, elevator, gym or riding the metro. Anywhere so people often forget that its just a natural occurence and is most healthy for you. Flatulence is the gas that inflates in your stomach. This gas has to be release and so this is what causes the odor depending on what you ate. Here is alittle info on passing wind.
Wind / (gas)
Methane is one of the most potent ‘greenhouse’ gases in the atmosphere. Cows’ and sheeps’ wind is responsible for almost a third of the methane in Europe that passes into the atmosphere. A single sheep typically produces 25 litres of methane a day, while a cow can produce an amazing 280 litres a day.
In the 1960s, NASA was worried that a build-up of hydrogen from astronaut’s wind might accidentally explode in the spacecraft. This stimulated a lot of research into bowel gas
At any one time, there is about 200 ml (a mugful) of gas in each person's gut
Most people expel about 600 ml of gas/day, but some people produce up to 2 litres
Gut gases are 90% nitrogen; the remainder is carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane and sometimes hydrogen sulphide
Healthy young men break wind 14–25 times a day and women half as often
Women produce stronger smelling flatus than men, but men produce a greater volume
There are three main sources of wind.
Everyone's gut contains gas because we cannot help swallowing air when we
swallow food, when we drink and when we swallow our saliva.
Carbon dioxide is produced by chemical reactions within the gut: saliva contains bicarbonate, which reacts with acid in the stomach to produce carbon dioxide gas; and stomach acid releases carbon dioxide when it reacts with pancreatic digestive juices in the upper part of the intestine.
About 500 types of bacteria live in our intestines. Some of them act on food residues in the lower gut, releasing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide gases.
Wind / (gas)
Methane is one of the most potent ‘greenhouse’ gases in the atmosphere. Cows’ and sheeps’ wind is responsible for almost a third of the methane in Europe that passes into the atmosphere. A single sheep typically produces 25 litres of methane a day, while a cow can produce an amazing 280 litres a day.
In the 1960s, NASA was worried that a build-up of hydrogen from astronaut’s wind might accidentally explode in the spacecraft. This stimulated a lot of research into bowel gas
At any one time, there is about 200 ml (a mugful) of gas in each person's gut
Most people expel about 600 ml of gas/day, but some people produce up to 2 litres
Gut gases are 90% nitrogen; the remainder is carbon dioxide, hydrogen, methane and sometimes hydrogen sulphide
Healthy young men break wind 14–25 times a day and women half as often
Women produce stronger smelling flatus than men, but men produce a greater volume
There are three main sources of wind.
Everyone's gut contains gas because we cannot help swallowing air when we
swallow food, when we drink and when we swallow our saliva.
Carbon dioxide is produced by chemical reactions within the gut: saliva contains bicarbonate, which reacts with acid in the stomach to produce carbon dioxide gas; and stomach acid releases carbon dioxide when it reacts with pancreatic digestive juices in the upper part of the intestine.
About 500 types of bacteria live in our intestines. Some of them act on food residues in the lower gut, releasing hydrogen, methane and carbon dioxide gases.