"You're eating too fast." jennylipets/Shutterstock. If you tend to rush through your meals—gulping down coffee in the morning, grabbing a quick bite on your lunch break, wolfing down dinner in Burping or belching can be a symptom of acid reflux, also called gastroesophageal reflux (GER). Excessive burping can also cause other reflux symptoms, such as heartburn. Acid reflux, or GER, Belching (burping) is a normal process in which excess air collected in the stomach escapes through the mouth. When excess air in the stomach doesn't pass out through the mouth, it is passed into the intestines, which results in flatulence (farting). Belching is usually nothing to be worried about. Dl9EJa.