New Study Claims Smelling Farts Is Good For Your Health
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The latest news from Bizarro World is just that, bizarre, as scientists claim that smelling hydrogen sulfide, the gas produced by the human body, might actually be able to prevent disease. We really can’t make this up.
From TheWeek:
The next time someone at your office lets out a “silent but deadly” emission, maybe you should thank them. A new study at the University of Exeter suggests that exposure to hydrogen sulfide — a.k.a. what your body produces as bacteria breaks down food, causing gas — could prevent mitochondria damage. Yep, the implication is what you’re thinking: People are taking the researchto mean that smelling farts could prevent disease and even cancer.
The study, published in the Medicinal Chemistry Communications journal, found that hydrogen sulfide gas in rotten eggs and flatulence could be a key factor in treating diseases.
“Although hydrogen sulfide gas is well known as a pungent, foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence, it is naturally produced in the body and could in fact be a healthcare hero with significant implications for future therapies for a variety of diseases,” Dr. Mark Wood, a professor at the University of Exeter, said in a statement.
While hydrogen sulfide gas is harmful in large doses, the study suggests that “a whiff here and there has the power to reduce risks of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving mitochondria,” Time reports. Dr. Matt Whiteman, a University of Exeter professor who worked on the study, said in a statement that researchers are even replicating the natural gas in a new compound, AP39, to reap its health benefits.
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Wonder if the Prof was American we seem to have a lot of them in UK !!
Sounds like a lot of hot air to me ha ha
Knowing the proclivities of my digestive tract, and having just recently had yet another cancerous growth removed, I question the cancer curative hypothesis.
But then again, none of my former partners has reported any cancer….
Perhaps it is better to receive than give?
Many moons ago I took a pal oop north to visit my grandparents. We had to share a double bed. We drank lots of beer and had a curry then got back to my grandparents and fell asleep in our double bed. About 3 am I woke up realising that I was about to fart. I also realised it was going to be what is often termed ‘silent but deadly’.
I farted and, at the same time, dug my pal in the ribs to wake him up. He woke up saying “What? What?” At that moment I wafted the duvet and he fled the room gagging.
I have always been extremely proud of that particular fart.
I like to share 😉
Well well well.
i ain’t going there! not even if fart sniffing held the promise of restoring me to sanity!
i ain’t going there!
LOL LOL! Can’t blame you for that PJ.
Without further information, the proof of this seems to be rather weak if not nonexistent.
Considering the amount of beans consumed in Brazil (almost every meal) it should have the most healthy population on earth.
LOL James. I agree that the evidence here is weak.