Methanogenesis in humans. How/when does it happen? What causes it? Does it happen while we live? After we die? Does lighting a human on fire produce methane?

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There are bacteria inside certain people’s intestines that can make methane while digesting the food they eat. It happens whenever they’re eating and digesting, although I assume the bacteria will start digesting the person if they die and begin to decompose as well.