How to Make Your Farts Stink Less

The average person farts a pint of gas per day. That is the equivalent of about 14 farts per day, per person. If these farts are odorless and quiet, you may barely know they even exist. In fact, people with odorless, quiet farts live a relatively peaceful existence. Those with smelly farts, on the other hand, often go through life terrified of the next time they'll let one fly. Fortunately, most of the time, the odor of your fart and the intensity of that odor is directly related to your diet. That means you can almost always alter and diminish the smell of your farts. This guide will show you how.

Difficulty: Moderately Challenging

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Microwave
• Artichokes

1. Try cutting out the dairy in your diet. This seems quite drastic, but an excess of milk and dairy products in the diet can cause extra smelly gas. If your gas odor has not severely declined within two or three days without dairy, go ahead and add it back into your diet.

2. Decrease your intake of oily, fatty, fried foods. Not only is this bad for your gas, but greasy foods are also horrible for your health. Do everyone (including yourself) a favor, and cut them out of your diet.

3. Eat artichokes. Artichokes have the strange ability of neutralizing gastrointestinal odors. Although this is not a commonly eaten food, try to incorporate it into your diet.

4. Eliminate all carbonated beverages from your diet, including pop and beer. Carbonation tends to exacerbate the odor of gas. Again, if this does not improve the odor within a few days, you may go ahead and add them back to your diet.

5. Cook your vegetables before you eat. It's extremely easy to grab a handful of baby carrots or brocoli florets for a snack. Unfortunately, your digestive system has a more difficult time breaking down raw vegetables than it does digesting cooked vegetables. Make sure all roughage you put into your stomach is cooked, and your gas odor should improve.

Tips & Warnings

• Certain prescription medications can also cause foul-smelling gas. Ask your doctor if this could be the cause.
• Don't hesitate to talk to your doctor about foul-smelling gas. Don't be embarrassed. if you suspect the odor could be caused by a health-related problem, contact your doctor immediately.

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[ladypoot]

on 7/28/2009 Artichokes, huh? My poots aren't the stinkiest but sometimes I can tell by certain things that I eat my poot will be fowler. When I eat cabbage, my poot will smell like cabbage. If I eat beans when I poot it will smell like beans. I didn't know that fried food could increase gas. Interesting.