• Question: why do we produce methane.

    Asked by ya_wot_m8 to Tom on 9 Mar 2015.
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      Thomas Barrett answered on 9 Mar 2015:


      Hydrogen, carbon dioxide and methane are all produced in the gut and contribute 74% of the volume of farts in normal people 😛

      I would assume the bacteria in your gut make methane as a byproduct.

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