Why Do We Get ‘Fart’ Smells More Often in the Morning?

When you go to bed, your body keeps working on the food you ate during the day. Bacteria in your gut turn that food into gas, and since you’re not moving around much while you sleep, those gases stay trapped until morning. That’s why you might wake up with a big fart smell!

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Your brother wakes up with a big fart after eating pizza right before bed.
A dog who eats too much at night might smell like a gas station in the morning.
You wake up and your room smells like rotten eggs, you know what that means.

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