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 in England suggests that exposure to hydrogen sulfide which is what your body produces as bacteria breaks down food, causing gas — could prevent mitochondria damage. Yes the implication is what you’re thinking: People are taking the research to mean that smelling farts could prevent diseases like 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 benefit 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 smelling a nasty fart here and there has the power to reduce risks of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving mitochondria.
Messing and Farting could hold the key to future therapy.So go ahead and fart away…you may just save a life or two.
My husband must never read this article!
Lool…
Hahahahaha.my wife needs to read this.
Hmm…interesting