Allow Ben to familiarize you with your farts. 10 Fascinating Facts About Flatus: http://www.howstuffworks.com/human-body/systems/digestive/10-facts-about-flatus.htm Subscribe http://bit.ly/1AWgeM7 Twitter https://twitter.com/HowStuffWorks Facebook https://www.facebook.com/HowStuffWorks Google+ https://plus.google.com/+howstuffworks Website http://www.howstuffworks.com Watch More https://www.youtube.com/HowStuffWorks Videos Lebron secretly farts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6CWVkPhzRw Italian Wind - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBm-K-6bcz0 The Cigarette Trick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHfwtjyDjVc Images Thumbnail - https://www.flickr.com/photos/wackystuff/9739582905 Music: "Flutter" by Jahzzar https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Onus/Flutter_master • Intro: • Farts are entertaining: There was a 19th-century performer, Joseph Pugol, who tooted gassy tunes from center stage at Moulin Rouge. • But farts are also fascinating. • Most Of Any Fart Is Odorless • Only about 1 percent of what makes up a fart is responsible for that fart's odor. • As much as 99 percent of a fart is carbon dioxide, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and methane. • The small remainder of intestinal gas -- sulfurous gases – is the really stinky stuff. • However, the exact makeup of your farts is personal, like a fingerprint -- the biology of a gut differs from person to person, depending on your diet and the bacteria that live in you and help you digest food. • Talking While Eating Can Give You Gas • When you swallow air, some of it can wind up in your colon, where it causes flatulence. • The best you can do is chew slowly when eating (or when chewing gum) to keep excess air from building up in the stomach. • And like your mama said, don’t talk with your mouth full. • Smoking Can Increase Flatulence • Science isn’t sure why! • Some theorize it's irritation in the GI tract. • The perhaps more popular opinion is that smokers swallow air while they’re inhaling. And as above, whatever gas doesn't go up in a belch will go down into the colon, destined to become a fart. • You Are What You Eat • The foods we eat directly impact how frequent -- and how odorous -- our flatus will be. • Carbohydrates are the biggest culprit: starches, fibers, and… • Sweeteners! These pass through the upper digestive tract untouched. • Fructose, both naturally occurring in fruit and added through stuff like high-fructose corn syrup. • Table sugar • Artificial sweeteners such as sorbitol • Foods that your body has trouble digesting ferment in your colon, creating smelly gas. • CTA: • A question for you: [ASK THEM A QUESTION, BEN] • Like & Subscribe, yo. • Check out my BrainStuff video to learn why you’re not really to blame for your farts. • And “10 Fascinating Facts About Flatus” on HowStuffWorks.com.