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I was just eating a mint and I farted and my fart smelled like mint!
Has this happened to anyone else? How freaking awesome is that? It makes me want to eat mints more.

Yeah... that's never happened to me more, but it kinda makes me want to eat more mints. What kind were you eating, or was it an actual mint leaf?

Seriously!! I'm going to try eating some mints!!

i think i need to eat some mints. i just unleashed a cloud that made me gasp out loud in shock and horror. it smelled like long-dead things.

Being vegan gives me gas and so I fart. Simple as that.

However, coffee; tofu; and dehydrated, nitrite-laden onion and garlic take it to the level of party trick. (Especially the onion and garlic as they are so unbelievably noxious.) I indulge my love of coffee and tofu in moderation and avoid dehydrated onions and garlic at all costs.

My first fart of the 2011 was at 12:27AM CST... and this is my first PPK post of the new year. Lovely.

Maybe i need to give probiotics a try... or mints :)

All my favourite foods makes me fart like crazy, so I reckon there's not a lot I can do. Especially the brassicas; brussel sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower. and GARLIC! jez, don't even get me started on garlic - esp raw. It hurts so bad for hours after i've had it, and then i fart these terrible, huge, stinky farts... :(
and chickpeas too.

I know this thread has been napping for a while, but I'm extra stinky so I thought I would add a bit extra.



This. When I was at work recently I was walking with a senior co-worker and I let off a super-killer fart that was so bad it didn't even smell like a fart. She made a horrible face and said, "What is that SMELL?" and I just made a quizzical face and said, "I don't know, maybe there is a cracked pipe somewhere?" and then we moved on to another area and the air conditioning cleaned up behind me.

I have decided I need to try making hummus out of tinned beans rather than slow-cooked chickpeas, as this could hopefully decrease the fartiness. Otherwise I may have to address my chickpea addiction. I have been eating beans three meals a day for the past few days. This could be it.

Have you tried taking digestive enzymes before eating beans? Natures Plus makes a vegan one called Yes To Beans. That helps me, along with taking probiotics.

That is a good idea. I'll have to look into getting it sent to Australia. The site says they can post.

ETA: I just ordered some (shipping to Australia was decent) as well as some multivitamins and DHA (both vegan) because the price was good. It will be interesting to see if it works.

Thank-you for your help!

I farted today and a moment later my flatmate walked in. She said 'Ugh, you can smell that (water leaking up through the floor when it rains) now we have the dehumidifier off'.
I didn't enlighten her.

Good move. Sharing would not have helped anybody.

I have switched to making hummus with tinned cannellini beans and this seems to have helped a lot.

resurrecting this thread because i just realized that raw cashews give me really bad gas. this makes me sad because i love making creamy sauces w/ raw cashews. well, i still will, but i won't let myself if i have to be in close proximity of other people in the near future.

That's happened to me before, but of course it also means that when I eat a lot of hot sauce my farts smell (and feel) like hot sauce. :(

I've had peanut butter farts! I went through a phase where I ate so many dates with peanut butter. It sort of ruined peanut butter for me for a while...

I feel like a lot of my flatulence revolves around Field Roast sausages. They give me such horrible farts that kind of smell like Field Roast sausages. At least it's consistent I suppose.

Mr8 often smells of mint because he takes peppermint oil for IBS. He's gassy but he's minty.

Field Roast definitely gives me the farts. I don't eat them all the time, but when I do, hooooooboy.

Soy milk, but it also gives it this weird copper smell that makes me panic that I'm going into a flare (IBD). I should ask one of the nurses at the dr's office about it one day since I really like soy milk and I've been avoiding it for this reason.

My baby farts all the time. I worry that its because she eats so many beans and cruciferous veggies. Its crazy cute, and hilarious. She sticks her legs in the air and wiggles.

You know what's the best? When a dog barks at its own fart.

haha my uncle's dog does this! It is the cutest thing ever.

I feel like literally everything makes me fart. Besides maybe like rice. I've kind of just had to accept it. I'm just glad my manfriend is not a light sleeper.....

Aw! Wilson used to stay up watching TV while I slept, and he woke me up once laughing because apparently I was snoring and farting. Sometimes I'd wake myself up farting and look at him, and he'd be like, yep, heard that, and I'd roll over and go back to sleep. Man, I miss that kid.