Be Sure to Schedule a Nice Walk Tomorrow with the Whole Family – IOTW Report

Be Sure to Schedule a Nice Walk Tomorrow with the Whole Family

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For the uninitiated, the “fart walk” exploded (sorry) onto the internet earlier this year when TikTok creator Mairlyn Smith coined the concept in a viral video. In it, she described how she takes a brief stroll with her husband after dinner each night that prompts them both to let ’er rip. She later told SELF that the movement (and the gas-passing that accompanies it) helps them relieve post-dinner feelings of bloating, among other benefits.

As SELF previously reported, a fart walk can boost gut motility, or movement of your intestines. That helps jumpstart digestion and shuttle gas through your system, so you can more easily pass it and get some relief from pain, bloating, and distention (or, in layman’s terms, a puffed-out belly), Felice Schnoll-Sussman, MD, a board-certified gastroenterologist at Weill Cornell Medicine and New York-Presbyterian, tells SELF. More

13 Comments on Be Sure to Schedule a Nice Walk Tomorrow with the Whole Family

  1. I belong to a 24 hour access gym. So if they like it or not my two boys will be accompanying the old man to the gym where I will embarrass the hell out of them. And yes there will be plenty of flatulation. MY right. Their less than half my age and getting fat. It’ll be a quiet desert night. WTF boys? Yes we’ve done this before but they don’t seem to be getting the point of it all.

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  2. It’s even better to start getting rid of that gas as early as possible. A good time is as you’re eating the last of your turkey but before the arrival of the pumpkin pie. Remember: always blame the dog.

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