Reasons for farting after eating garlic: Garlic contains a large amount of allicin, which is highly irritating. After eating garlic, the gastrointestinal tract is severely stimulated, the gastrointestinal contraction is accelerated, the intestinal peristalsis process is accelerated, and the air in the intestinal tract is removed. Push it downwards, causing the phenomenon of farting.

Farts occur because some of the food you eat has not been decomposed. The unbroken part, containing fiber and sugar, becomes food for coliform bacteria. Coliform bacteria will exhale after a full meal, and these gases accumulate in the body, creating a pressure. When the pressure is too great, it will be expelled from the body and form farts.

The amount of farts is related to people's diet. Some people like to eat onions, ginger, raw garlic, potatoes, sweets, beans and pasta. Since these foods contain substrates that can produce large amounts of hydrogen, carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide and other gases, they often experience a large increase in exhaust gas after eating. fart. The amount of farts is also related to the strength of a person's digestive function. During indigestion, intestinal bacteria ferment quickly and easily produce gas, causing people to pass gas.

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The side effects of eating too much garlic

1. Garlic can increase the secretion of gastric acid, and capsaicin has a stimulating effect, so it is particularly harmful to gastrointestinal diseases. People with gastric ulcers and duodenal ulcers should not eat garlic.

People with liver disease should not consume excessive amounts of garlic, which may cause liver dysfunction. Although garlic has a protective effect on the liver, it has no effect on the hepatitis virus. Instead, it will stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and inhibit the growth of liver function. The secretion of digestive juices can aggravate the nausea and other symptoms of hepatitis patients. In addition, the volatile components of garlic can reduce red blood cells and hemoglobin in the blood and cause anemia, which is not conducive to the treatment of hepatitis.

2. Excessive consumption of garlic will affect vision. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that long-term consumption of large amounts of garlic will "injure the liver and eyes", so patients with eye diseases should be cautious when eating garlic. Especially patients with poor health and weak Qi and blood should pay more attention, otherwise they will suffer from vision loss, tinnitus, top-heavy, memory loss and other phenomena over time.

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