Better Out Than In!
Next time you consider holding a fart in, you might want to rethink that decision.
According to one expert, that gas will find its way out of your body in a very surprising way. In an article for The Conversation, Professor Clare Collins from the University of Newcastle revealed that the gas built up from avoiding the release will become "reabsorbed into the circulation and exhaled in your breath".
The nutrition and dietetics expert also noted that the pressure could cause other issues like diverticulitis. Diverticula is the medical term that is used to describe the small pouches that stick out of the side of the large intestine, these could get inflamed if you hold one in too long.
As for how many times a day a person breaks wind on average, Collins says it's about eight in a 24-hour period, which includes individually and in series.
In this case, better out than in applies more than ever!
