Kashi GoFart

My recent attempt at healthier eating led me to bring home a box of Kashi cereal, specifically the Kashi GoLean high fiber. The cereal is as good as can be expected of a cereal devoid of sugar, chocolate, peanut butter, high fructose corn syrup, or any other wholesome ingredient designed to impart taste. I like that it stays crunchy in the milk for a long time. However, it took me a while to realize it was also providing me with an unwelcome parting gift.

Apparently the increased fiber content of the cereal leads to increased gas content of the digestor. I'm not talking little hoopty poots that can be hidden with a faked bout of coughing. These are The Second Coming Is Here trumpet blasts, accompanied by a stench that is a cross between rotten eggs and despair. Even worse, it lasts for hours upon hours, which would be great fun if I were riding a bus on a daily basis, but as I have no captive audience to victimize it's quickly lost it's amusement factor.

Actually I find it hard to believe it's all due to the fiber. I could eat 2 gallons of barley, 2 cups of lentils, a gallon of broccoli, a cart full of bran flakes, a truck load of oatmeal, two loaves of rye bread, and a barrel full of corn and turnip greens and not have as much gas as I do after one of these. There is something unholy lurking in that box of cereal.

Upon Googling for "Kashi farts", I found I was not alone.

I have a new addition to the family, a young Pyr/Akbash/Anatolian bitch named Lucy. Lucy escaped the day after she arrived, and managed to get herself hit by a car. Thankfully the driver was kind enough to take Lucy to the vet, where her broken leg was set and cast. She'll be staying at the clinic for a little bit, giving me time to get the hot wire up and running. Hopefully that will put a stop to the escape act.