Pulling your butt cheeks slightly apart can also diffuse the strength of the fart. It would be hard to do this without someone seeing, but you might be able to pull it off quickly behind a wall or in the bathroom.

Even if you have to stay in the room you’re in, you could move around the room. People aren’t as likely to realize you were the one who farted if most of the smell is where you’re not. If you feel a fart coming on, release it while you’re in the process of walking so the smell diffuses over a greater space.

You could also drop a large book or cough loudly whenever you fart.

Or, if you’re in a grocery store, head for the seafood or fish aisle!

Don’t react until others start to notice, though. When you see them sniffing the area and starting to realize someone has farted, that’s your chance. Act disgusted by the smell, and point it out only after someone else has. If you blame another person too fast you might identify yourself as the farter, following the old adage “whoever smelt it, dealt it. ”

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