Lifestyle: Taking drinks using a straw will make you fart

Passing wind is a natural process but very embarrassing especially when in the company of someone new and you really like.

It is a way of telling you that whatever you just ate wasn’t handled well in your digestive system and is about to be released in the form of gas. In fact, according to scientific studies, a healthy person farts about 13-21 time a day.

So how is using a straw to take a fizzy drink during a date; a potential ‘disaster’?