Windy walks and gassy gaits. How exercise may have benefits for your gut health. Mairlyn Smith, a Canadian actress and cook, recently revealed on TikTok that she and her husband go for a walk after dinner to release their pent up gases.
Smith calls these post-prandial strolls “fart walks”. The hashtag is now blowing up on social media. The purpose of a fart walk is to start the digestive process and relieve bloating, troublesome gas or the sensation of a big meal sitting in your stomach like a brick.
Smith claims that a 10 to 20-minute stroll helps you “age wonderfully”. But does science back up the benefits of an after-meal stroll? And how might our knowledge of digestive function and illness contribute to finding ways to shed that bloated feeling with exercise?.
