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Bloating, pain and the gurgles? Read this if you can't burp

There’s no medical term for it, but one doctor has pioneered inability to belch as a condition and is working to help no-burpers.

Belching Cows and Endless Feedlots: Fixing Cattle’s Climate Issues

The United States is home to 95 million cattle, and changing what they eat could have a significant effect on emissions of greenhouse gases like methane that are warming the world.

Belching, Bloating, and Flatulence

Belching is a normal process and results from swallowed air accumulating in the stomach. The air can either be belched back or can be passed out of the stomach into the small intestine and be subsequently passed as rectal gas (flatus).

California wants to regulate cow belches. It’s less weird than it sounds

It all adds up. California has a lot of dairy cows, and all that belching and farting and decomposing poop accounts for 5 percent of the state’s total greenhouse gas output. If you want radical emissions cuts, you gotta go for the belches.

Gut Bacteria's Belch May Play A Role In Heart Disease

Scientists have discovered what may be an important new risk factor for heart disease. And here's the surprising twist: The troublesome substance seems to be a waste product left behind by bacteria in our guts as they help us digest lecithin — a substance plentiful in red meat, eggs, liver and certain other foods.

How To Make Yourself Burp: 8 Methods To Try

It’s none of our business why you’re here, but you’ve come to the right place. Whether it’s constant bloating or a cocky nephew that bedevils you, we’ve got you covered. So strap in and crack open your favourite carbonated beverage, because by the end of this article you’ll be letting out burps that’ll put Barney Gumble to shame.

Inside the world of the burping fetish community

'I've never heard anyone burp like she does. It's a major turn on'.

Managing a patient with excessive belching

Belching, also known as eructation, is the audible escape of air from the oesophagus into the pharynx. During each swallow between 8 and 32 mL of air is swallowed and enters the stomach. Excessive gastric distension due to swallowed air is avoided through reflux of air during belching.

Methane isn’t just cow farts; it’s also cow burps (and other weird facts you didn’t know about this potent greenhouse gas)

Just as humans once figured out how to harness methane for power, it is entirely in our capabilities to come up with strategies to prevent the gas from filling the atmosphere. Says Krupp, “This is our chance to create change in our lifetimes.”

Stopping the big burp

Researchers in New Zealand are trying to prevent livestock belching methane.

What Makes Us Burp?

The only thing grosser than a burp is what causes it: bacteria deep in your belly. And, of course, extra gas and fizzy drinks.

Why do burps make noise?

It’s really hard to hold back a burp. When it finally forces its way through, the high-pressure air makes the structures in the upper esophagus and back of the throat vibrate – and that’s what causes the sound.

Bodily Noise Etiquette….Really!

Everyone — I guess this would include even the Queen herself — burps. There’s no reason to be overly embarrassed. Exchange the energy you would spend on embarrassment for handling the situation with ease, confidence, and a little savvy!

7 Things That Might Be Going On if You Have Excessive Burping

Have you ever thought of burps as mouth farts? If not, you’re welcome. Not only do both of these actions help rid you of extra air trapped inside your body, they’re also totally normal but sometimes still embarrassing. Take comfort in the fact that burping is part of the human condition. Excessive burping, however, shouldn't be.

NoBurp.org

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