Dr. Wendi LeBrett

No, I think it's better to let it out.

If you need to let it out, excuse yourself, go to the bathroom and do it.

If you're somewhere where you feel comfortable letting it out, then please do whatever you like.

So whenever patients see me, often it's for a colonoscopy and they need to fart and pass the gas after the colonoscopy.

And they are always very embarrassed about that.

And so I always tell people that's part of the process.

Like we expect you to fart and so don't be embarrassed about it.

Yes.

I think that really fits with the idea that your gut bacteria is very individualized to you.

And so they make probably whatever composition of them makes some specific type of smell and composition of the certain gases.

So I think everybody probably does have a certain brand and interesting that you and your girlfriend can identify yours.

Yes, true love.

Yes, I would say it's as individualized as your fingerprint.

And, you know, that's still something that's very, it's a very hot topic nowadays.

And we know our gut bacteria doesn't just affect our digestive system.

It affects pretty much our overall health.

But we're still learning about what, you know, how to tease out that individuality of our gut bacteria.

Yeah.

And if you're healthy, that can help promote healthy gut bacteria, too.

So the things you do can also impact your gut bacteria.