Gas & Bloating on flights

This is a serious question around the digestive system on flights be it short or long haul.

I've had a Google and can determine the reason but I thought I'd throw it out to the frequent flyer community for your own remedies.

Now I like im guessing a lot of flyers do, get quite gassy on flights which is attributed to the change in cabin pressure.

I believe in flying etiquette so the last thing I want to be doing is releasing said gas amongst my fellow passengers.

So I'm wondering if there's any home remedies people use to limit or assist with the bloating on a flight?

I believe farts contribute 30% of the mechanism involved in how planes stay in the air.

I dont drink any soft drink before or during flights. I also try and avoid greasy foods, especially fast food beforehand too.

It's hard to know with noise cancelling headphones if you've made any noise or not....

Try and eat light on the flight and have a number 2 before boarding. Also, avoid eating rich sugary food onboard.

Avoid eating a three course meal if in business incl champagne/wine! And if an overnighter -

A few hours before flight, I drink some carbonated water about 600ml and burp and poo and pee, at home.

I always select aisle seats (in economy) on long flights for this reason, so I can get up and head to the loo whenever.

Its the poo seaters that you have to sorry about too.

Take charcoal tablets.

Mint tea throughout the journey

Gas is a by-product of what is in the bowel. Keep the bowels working. Use the toilet before and during the flight. Avoid constipation by drinking plenty of fluids (preferably not alcohol), and if necessary consuming a healthy amount of fibre in your diet, and using Metameucil capsules when travelling. Gas is generally not a product of your current meal, but from what you've consumed over the previous 24-36 hours.

The altitude/pressure makes it harder to smell (linked to reduced taste) and therefore unless someone has shat on your lap I usually don't think you'd notice that much

A friend commented once on how awful it was to be ground staff when the door is opened on any long haul flight, because the stench is considerable (those on board have less sense of smell because of the dryness of the cabin and people are quickly acclimatised to their environment). As others have said, it is everything to do with what you ate and drank 24 hours or so before, because it takes many hours for food and liquids to pass through your digestive system, and for your intestinal bacteria to have something to feast on or not - which is the source of it all. Air pressure makes relatively little difference except lower pressure means it is more frequent although not necessarily more voluminous.

Thanks all, appreciate the answers