What's Up With...Smelly Gas - You can blame it on the dog, but it happens to everyone.
Prevention US|September 2024
The average person toots around 14 times a day-it's how your body releases the extra gas that accumulates when you swallow air and digest food, says Shilpa Ravella, M.D., author of A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease. If you chew gum or smoke, you'll have even more gas buildup, she adds.
By Madeleine Haase and Marisa Cohen
What's Up With...Smelly Gas - You can blame it on the dog, but it happens to everyone.

yes, it's mortifying when it happens, but passing gas is a normal bodily function. The average person toots around 14 times a day-it's how your body releases the extra gas that accumulates when you swallow air and digest food, says Shilpa Ravella, M.D., author of A Silent Fire: The Story of Inflammation, Diet, and Disease. If you chew gum or smoke, you'll have even more gas buildup, she adds.

What makes gas so stinky?

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