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What causes some farts to smell and others don't?
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Diet, bacteria: Colonic gas is composed of the end products of the metabolism of bacteria in your gut. Dietary alterations can encourage the production of certain types of gas, some with odor and other not. Also the type of bacteria in your colon can also affect this.
Answered 11/13/2015
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