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What The Smell Of Your Farts Says About Your Health

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30.12.2025

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Farting, trumping, passing gas... Whatever you call it, everyone farts in one way or another and while it is socially awkward, it’s completely natural.

According to digestive system charity Guts UK, the average person farts around 15 times a day. On their website, the bowel health experts say: “In an otherwise healthy person, wind is nothing to worry about.

“Burping or belching is a natural process to rid the stomach of too much swallowed air. Farting (or flatulence) is the normal way that air and digestive gases are let out from the bowel, via the anus.”

What your farts say about your health

Another awkward-but-true thing is we all love the smell of our own farts. Back in 2014, Science Alert explained: “As........

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