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All About YOU: Don't Blanch About Passing Gas

As any newbie comic -- or 6-year-old vying for attention -- will tell you, gas comes in all forms, sounds, and smells.

Whether it's spurred on by beans, beer, or your Gram's creamed spinach, the average person passes gas about 14 times a day. So bleeps and blips from your insides are nothing to be ashamed of -- they're a sign that you're totally human.

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carnage

4 of 6 people found this helpful.

5/1/2008 6:07:25 PM

I had major pains and hemeroids from too much fiber in my diet of whole grains and vegitables only. Eat soluble fiber (starch, white bread and rice)
as well as insoluble fiber (whole grains and vegitables) as well as lots of water early in the day for softer easier to pass stools.

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