The smell in farts help control blood pressure (I shit you not!)

[LynneSin]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081023/sc_livescience/thestinkinfartscontrolsbloodpressure;_ylt=Apa0SXENS3RcXWPx0lBzO0kDW7oF

The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure

The unpleasant aroma of the gas, called hydrogen sulfide (H2S), can be a little too familiar, as it is expelled by bacteria living in the human colon and eventually makes its way, well, out.

The new research found that cells lining mice's blood vessels naturally make the gas and this action can help keep the rodents' blood pressure low by relaxing the blood vessels to prevent hypertension (high blood pressure). This gas is "no doubt" produced in cells lining human blood vessels too, the researchers said.


"Now that we know hydrogen sulfide's role in regulating blood pressure, it may be possible to design drug therapies that enhance its formation as an alternative to the current methods of treatment for hypertension," said Johns Hopkins neuroscientist Solomon H. Snyder, M.D., a co-author of the study detailed in the Oct. 24th issue of the journal Science.

[rug]

1. So, the more you fart, the cooler you are?

:woohoo:

[LynneSin]

2. No the less stressed you are

since lower blood pressure usually means you're in a calm, serene state (although perhaps a really stinky calm, serene state)

[Parche]

3. Only In Delaware

:rofl: :rofl: :hi: :hug:

[LynneSin]

4. What does Delaware have to do with scientists at John Hopkins

:shrug:

[Lethe]

5. this and the masturbating prevents prostate cancer is good news for me

i'm never gonna get prostate cancer or high blood pressure, i guarantee it!
:D

[KamaAina]

6. Beans, beans, the musical fruit

They help you control your blood pressure to boot!

[XemaSab]

11. Beans, beans, they're good for your HEART

:P

[KamaAina]

12. The more you eat, the more you...

...how's the rest of that go again? :shrug:

[XemaSab]

13. I don't remember

:shrug:

[PeaceNikki]

7. Offset by the raise in pressue when someone your with embarasses you heartily.

Net nothing.

[unpossibles]

8. mine don't stink

is this good or bad!?!?!

[Lethe]

9. mine smell like freshly baked cinnamon rolls

it gets annoying after a while though.

[SOteric]

10. Great.

Now DS1 and matcom are going to bill themselves out as "Aromatherapists."

[arcadian]

14. My gut feeling tells me this is bullshit.

n/t