I noticed a correlation between pre-flight meals and the level of altitude-induced flatulence created on this last trip to SLC. On the way out, I had a home-cooked dinner and only had a beer at the airport: On the way back, I had a big bacon burger at LAX. The result – no issues outbound, but painful gas inbound. So as an experiment, I didn’t get a Whopper Junior and onion rings at the airport terminal BK as I otherwise would have done, but instead stopped at the Gordon Biersch consession and had a pils and clam chowder. The result – a significant decrease in gas. There was some gas (I don’t think you can avoid it completely in the low-pressure environment), but it was manageable. Only thing was shelling out nearly $20 to not get thunderfarts!
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I think everyone on the plane thanks you!
I’m sure the diet change whenever we go CONUS or Canada heavier on red meats and dairy contribute to my sudden increase of gas production with my normally heavy on fish & soy diet.