Excess Gas Causes, Remedies & More
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3. Causes of Excess Gas
Swallowing air as one eats or drinks is the main cause of gas in the stomach.2‘Gas in the Digestive Tract.’ Johns Hopkins Medicine, Based in Baltimore, Maryland, www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/gas-in-the-digestive-tract. The body releases much of the gas through burping. Gas also forms in the digestive system as a result of the fermentation of carbohydrates by bacteria.
This happens when the small intestine fails to digest these carbohydrates, including fiber and some sugars and starches. Some of that gas is consumed by the bacteria and the rest comes out of the body through flatulence.
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