fart walk

We should all take one after a meal is the latest recommendation.  It seems that remaining sedentary is the worst thing we can do if we suffer from bloating, irritable bowel, and all the other discomfits of a cranky gut. But a fart walk is not just any old walk. The correct posture for a fart walk is to have the hands clasped behind the back and the neck flexed forward.  The hands behind the back puts pressure on the muscles in the abdomen which helps to push the gas along.  The forward posture of the head prevents the swallowing of air as you walk.  A leisurely walk for about ten to fifteen minutes after a meal should do the trick. I shall be on the lookout for people adopting this strange posture.  Of course, there will be fart jokes …

The term fart walk was coined by Canadian home economist and actor, Mairlyn Smith, also known as the Queen of Fibre.  She has tempered her instruction on Peace, Love and Fibre  (her personal motto and the title of her book published in 2019) with a good deal of humour, and describes the fart walk as essential to growing old gracefully.