When I fast (for reasons that have nothing to do with nutritution or
medicine), I get vast amounts of intestinal gas.  Is there any way of
avoiding/combating this? And no, simethicone is not the answer!

  Jeffrey Smith       [log in to unmask]
O voi ch'avete li 'ntelletti sani/mirate la dottrina che s'asconde/sotto
'l velame de li versi strani [O you of sound thought, see the doctrine
which hides under the veil of strange verses]--Dante, Inferno, Canto IX