Flatulence Causes and Cures

Flatulence CausesExcessive flatulence can become a real problem in your life affecting your working day, your social time and your personal relationships. I know it used to be a big issue for me. To put it really simply, people don’t like being around people that fart too much.

I didn’t want to be one of those people anymore, so I looked into all of the causes of flatulence and then started researching the corresponding flatulence cures.

I found some quick remedies that would usually stop stomach gas and passing wind within hours. But it soon became clear that excessive flatulence is really just another symptom of larger problems with digestion and elimination. Problems that often only get worse and begin impacting our overall health and well being, leading to lack of energy, irritability, fatigue and even serious disease Read more »

Why Baked Beans Make You Fart and What to Do About It

How canned Beans cause stomach gasMost people know that baked beans make you fart. But why do they produce so much flatulence? And if we still choose to eat beans, which are actually quite healthy for a canned food, how can we greatly minimize the amount of gas they cause?

How Beans Cause Flatulence

A can of baked beans is a good source of vegetable protein, is low in fat and is quite a good source of minerals like magnesium, calcium, phosphorus Read more »

Where to Get Fennel Tea Online

Herbal tea from fennelFennel tea is an exceptional aid to digestion and of great benefit in the treatment of gastrointestinal problems like bloating, stomach cramps, IBS and excessive flatulence.

This page lists where to find brands that are both high in the important volatile oils and at a low price.

High Volatile Oil Content

The volatile oils in fennel seeds like anethole, fenchone and estragole are believed to be responsible for many of its Read more »

What Is Fennel Tea Good For?

What is fennel good forFennel is an important herb that has been used safely for many thousands of years in Chinese, Indian, Arabian and Western medicines. Aside from its value in cooking as a spice, it has been traditionally used as an aid to digestion and it has many health benefits.

Fennel tea is prepared from crushed or ground mature fennel seeds. These seeds are rich in important volatile oil compounds like anethole, fenchone and estragole, that are believed to be responsible for its antispasmodic, anti- Read more »

Where to Get Ginger Tea Online

Teas made from ginger rootGinger tea has really increased in popularity in recent years and there are many great tasting teas available in a variety of different blends and flavors. This page has my favorite teas at the best price I could find them.

Yogi Ginger Tea

Yogi make what is probably my favorite ginger tea. It does have a few other ingredients like lemongrass and peppermint (all organic), but the ginger is Read more »

The Health Benefits of Ginger Tea for Digestion and Flatulence

Ginger BenefitsGinger is a pungent, fiery rhizome with many health benefits. This article will focus on how ginger tea can help improve your digestion and relieve flatulence.

How Ginger Helps Digestion

Ginger in food, or ideally as a strong tea, helps stimulate saliva, bile and gastric juice production to aid in digestion. It is believed that phenolic compounds, primarily gingerol and shagaol, and various other volatile oils are responsible for this beneficial effect on our digestive system Read more »

Where to Buy Activated Charcoal

Carbon Powder for GasActivated charcoal is relatively inexpensive for just how effective it is at relieving gastrointestinal problems and absorbing toxins from our body.

This page lists the best places I’ve found to get activated carbon online in easy to take capsules and bulk food-grade powder.

Tablets or Capsules?

Activated charcoal tablets are Read more »

How to Use Activated Carbon for Flatulence

Powdered CharcoalAs detailed on the previous page, activated carbon can be very effective at absorbing and removing undesirable compounds in our gastrointestinal tract, including excessive flatulence gas. It is, however, very important to make sure you take charcoal in a particular way and at certain times for maximum benefit.

How Does Activated Carbon Absorbed Toxins?

Importantly, activated charcoal Read more »