Gastronomic Gas Guzzlers

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1. Some parents have taught their children the "Musical Fruit" song to encourage them to eat this healthy type of food. Although not a fruit, what is the missing word from this song? "______, ______, the musical fruit The more you eat, the more you toot The more you toot, the better you feel So we have ______ at every meal!" Bacon Bamboo Burger Beans

2. One of my favourite winter time meals is a good helping of French Canadian baked beans. What ingredient, that is abundant in Quebec, is added to make these tasty legumes different to other varieties throughout the world? Black strap molasses Dijon mustard Maple syrup Maple sugar

3. What is it in beer that leads to flatulence? Barley Hops Sugars Malt

4. Next a simple question on flatulence: Which class of person, on average, actually breaks wind the most often? Vegetarians Men Persons of mixed diet Women

5. For years this food, a member of the gourd family, has been used to cure various ailments. Its leaves and roots are used to treat diarrhea, and its stems are used to cure dysentery. When cooked in a soup, it prevents sore throats and laryngitis. Recently in China, its stems have been clinically shown to be effective in lowering blood pressure. Which of the following foods can honestly make these claims? Broccoli Cucumber Pumpkin Eggplant

6. This naturally occurring sugar alcohol in its manufactured state is used as an artifical sweetener in a variety of products from chewing gum to cough syrup. What substance, if consumed in great amounts, can result in gas, cramps, and diarrhea? Sorbitol Aspartame Saccharin Agave

7. Of the five main food groups, which is the most liable to cause severe flatulence? Meat products Sugar products Oil products Dairy Products

8. Once voted the most hated vegetable in Britain, Brussels sprouts surely must be for life...not just Christmas! I love sprouts, but did you know how many calories are in a cupful of them? Not that I've ever 'drunk' a cupful! 60 6 0.6 600

9. There are a number of products on the market that can help minimise the amount of wind we produce. Which of the following remedies is most recommended? Zinc tablets Charcoal tablets Glucose capsules Lavender pills

10. I belong to the onion family Allium, though I am not an onion. I have been used for centuries by mankind for cooking and for medical treatments. I'm said to frighten away vampires as well. What am I? Leeks Tomatoes Garlic Ginger