Why are we burping?

Correy Binns

The only thing that makes you more uncomfortable is that burp is the cause of it: Bacteria are deep in your stomach. And of course due to both added substances and carbonated drinks.

(Artwork: LiveScience) Billions of bacteria in your gut help digest food. They turn some non-digestible foods into vitamins K and B. In this process, bacteria that produce bad odors like methane make us burp and . ' deflated '!

In addition, when you walk and open your mouth, you swallow both oxygen and nitrogen gas into your abdomen. By the end of the day, the gases you've swallowed need to escape from the mouth or anus, experts at Indiana Medical University estimate we release a quarter of that gas a day.

Carbon dioxide in carbonated drinks like soda or beer also makes us burp.

Children's digestive systems are not fully developed to produce ' burp reflexes ', so they need to be patted on the back to help air bubbles escape. Normal babies swallow more air than breastfeeding babies, so they need help to burp more. The American Institute of Pediatrics recommends that the air should be at the bottom of the flask because there is more gas than the bottle.