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Subscribe to our Digestive Health e-newsletter to stay up to date on digestive health topics. Excess upper intestinal gas may result from swallowing more than a usual amount of air while eating, drinking or chewing gum. Lower intestinal gas is the normal byproduct of bacterial action on food that is not broken down until reaching the colon.
They can be caused by something as simple as swallowing air or eating the wrong foods. Less often, gas and bloating are signs of something imminently more serious, ranging from intestinal disorders to potentially life-threatening malignancies in the lower digestive tract, such as colorectal cancer. Common Causes of Gas and Bloating The two main causes of gas are swallowed air and the breakdown of food that leads to the production of gas. The latter is especially true when foods are high in sugar, starch, or fiber.