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Old Jun 28, 2012 | 2:38 am
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Originally Posted by RandyNZ
I've often wondered if it has something to do with the cabin air pressure and humidity - just over the past year or two I've noticed I've become quite the gas ball after dinner and breakfast on longhaul overnight flights. After touchdown one good trip to the loo a couple hours later usually clears things out.

Doesn't seem to matter what foods I eat or avoid either...
Decreased atmospheric pressure, any gases in the gut expand in volume accordingly.

It has to go somewhere...

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