Show Too Much uc Inside Air Doctors who have been investigating investigating investigating in in- in- in what the commercials commercials commercials commer commer- call stomach upset i pooled their knowledge at a recent New York Academy of I Sciences conference on what they called gastrointestinal gas and flatus CONTRARY Y to popular belief belief belief be be- lief bloating is not due primarily primarily primarily marily to acid indigestion Swallowing air accounts for 70 percent of gastrointestinal gas Only 30 percent comes from bacterial fermentation and the degeneration of food residues But it is quite true that indigestion in indigestion indigestion in- in digestion may be connected to hurried dining or dinner table arguments Dr J. J Edward Edward Edward Ed Ed- ward Berk of the University of California at Irvine said people usually swallow excess excess excess ex ex- cess air when they are eating too quickly or when they are emotionally disturbed THE TIlE AVERAGE abdominal gas content consent for a young Jn roan man n of average weight is more than one quart but the amount I varies from person to person and according to what you at eat A diet high in pork and beans Jeans one study showed increased in- in in increased in- in creased the carbon dioxide content of the gas by 50 per per- perI I cent ent Navy lima and soy i beans bean Jeans can be gas I |