Free Yourself From Flatulence

A bad case of flatulence can be really embarrassing especially in a public place. As a result, it's important to have a few tricks up your sleeve to relieve it in a snap. Below are a few ways you can employ to do just that. What's great is that you can buy them all at any corner store.

1. York Peppermint Pattie

   Do you have a sweet tooth? Then you'll love this cure. Eat a York Peppermint Pattie and it will relieve gas. The peppermint in it is the active ingredient that works on your stomach. It's also an ancient cure used by our fore-fathers.

2. Arm & Hammer Baking Soda

   This cure is a two-fold treat. To neutralize the gas in beans, add one tablespoon. The same effect will occur on your upset stomach. Add one tablespoon to an eight-ounce glass and suck it down. You'll soon feel great relief.

3. Wrigley's Spearmint Gum

   Chewing a stick of this gum will settle the gases in your stomach. Why? It's due to the oils in the spearmint.

4. Heinz White Vinegar

   This is another two-fold cure for flatulence. Before cooking beans, add three teaspoons of vinegar to the pot of water and soak the bean solution overnight. The acetic acid in the vinegar dissolves the products in beans that cause you gas. You can also mix a tablespoon of it in an eight-ounce glass of water for the same gas-relieving results on your stomach.

5. Dannon Yogurt

   Because improper digestion is often the cause of gas, you can relieve your flatulence problem by consuming a product that promotes it. Dannon Yogurt will help the consumer out in this respect because it contains bacteriocins called Lactobacillus acidophilus. Lactobacillus acidophilus helps the stomach properly digest food.

6. Altoids Peppermint

   For the same reason that a Peppermint Pattie helps relieve gas, so does an Altoids Peppermint. The peppermint in it will settle your stomach. Just chew two tablets and let it go to work.

7. Coca-Cola

   This remedy is a modern-day one. If you are experiencing flatulence, drink a can of coke to settle your stomach. You can also add it to a pot of pinto beans to neutralize gas while cooking it. Don't worry. It won't ruin the flavor.

8. Canada Dry Ginger Ale

   Rather than flatulence, this ale will make you burp. Drink a can and the gas bubbling in your stomach will come up your esophagus and out of your mouth.

Did you know?

In the popular novel-turned movie The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Victor Hugo wrote about farting-prostitutes.