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How many beans would a normal person have to eat to have measurable weight loss after passing gas?

Intestinal gas is methane and methane gas is lighter than air. With these 2 truths in place, how many/much beans would a normal, 150 pound person have to eat to show measurable weight loss after passing gas?

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  • cc
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago
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    where did you get this question from>????

  • 1 decade ago

    If a 150lb person ate 10 pounds of beans, they would weigh 160lb. Once everyone survived the passing of the gas, they still would not lose weight until they defecated the 10 pounds of beans.

    Is there a real answer for this?

  • 1 decade ago

    Great question. Think of it in terms of conservation of mass, i.e. if you eat x pounds of beans the total of gas and mass is still x pounds. No weight will be lost from eating a sh!tload of beans, even if you fart like a Howard Stern regular.

  • 1 decade ago

    Sounds like you might have answered your own question...look at what you said. Methane is lighter than air; fat is far heavier. Sounds like no effect on it>? Well, that is kind of joke because farting itself is in no relationship to loss of weight in fat, muscle etc. Just my best guess.

    The question is once saw here that I really enjoyed was something like why do I get goose bomps every time I fart?

    Source(s): Medical student who needs to get back to studying
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  • Seeker
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Is it OK if I take a stab at guessing how many jellybeans are in the big jar instead?

    Source(s): Chem major in another lifetime.
  • 1 decade ago

    you need to see a Psychatrist as soon as possible my friend!

  • 1 decade ago

    Do you think somebody actually knows this?

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