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The Other End Of Global Warming

An interesting study has surfaced..............................

How much wind does your average cowboy produce?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sn/humanbody/truthaboutfood/healthy/fartpants.shtml

The average person expels 1/2 litre to 3 litres of gas a day. According to scientists, without our gut bacteria we would be expelling around 5 times this amount.

Bacteria in our guts convert the gases to a smaller volume before we expel them - a crucial job if we want to avoid intestinal discomfort and social embarrassment.

"the average person expels 1/2 litre to 3 litres of gas a day"

We took two of our prebiotic-eating horse wranglers and gave them especially designed ʽfart pantsʼ to wear for 24 hours to try and find out how effective our ʽgas munchingʼ bacteria are.

Which one of our cowboys expelled the most gas after 24 hours? Well, both Laura and Kyle expelled over 3 litres of gas, above average for human gas production.

So, next time you expel remember - if it werenʼt for our ʽgas munchingʼ bacteria youʼd be doing a whole lot more farting and a lot less socialising.