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I know I'm supposed to put my own input in on this but I can't brain something like this at 6am.

 

Scientists at the University of Exeter claim that the smell of farts can offer health

benefits when it comes to cancer, diabetes, stroke and other diseases.

 

In what could possibly be one of the weirdest science/health news I've heard in a long while, scientists out of the University of Exeter claim that smelling farts, could prevent cancer and other diseases. And yes this isn't a joke post or something someone found on humor websites. In a press release by the university, Dr. Mark Wood mentions farts as a "healthcare hero."

 
"Although hydrogen sulfide 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."

 

While farts can be noxious in large doses, the scientists who conducted the study think that smelling it in small doses can help lower the risk of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving mitochondria. Not only that, but researchers are even concocting their own compounds to emulate a fart's "health benefits." According to a study by Professor Matt Whiteman in the Medicinal Chemistry Communications journal, "We have exploited this natural process by making a compound, called AP39, which slowly delivers very small amounts of this gas specifically to the mitochondria," and adds, their "results indicate that if stressed cells are treated with AP39, mitochondria are protected and cells stay alive."

Unfortunately, the study doesn't go into specific detail into just how much flatulence one must be exposed to in order to reap these benefits. But given farts are free, and assuming you have a high tolerance for toxic smells, why not smell them all? So, the next time you want to rip a big one in an enclosed space, show the people around you this post to let them know you're just helping them live a little longer.

 

 

 

(found at http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/136110-Study-Claims-Smelling-Farts-Could-Prevent-Cancer-and-Other-Diseases)

(source http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/research/title_393168_en.html)

 

 

 

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my brain. it hurts.

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F**k.. This means that prius drivers are the healthiest people around  :angry:

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Now I have a reason to fart at the dinner table. "Sorry, mother. Just making sure we don't get cancer or any other diseases." 

What do they know of England, who only England know?

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F**k.. This means that prius drivers are the healthiest people around  :angry:

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This becomes a matter of, does the cost outweigh the reward.

For me, that's a resoundingly solid "no". I'll stick to not smelling farts in any quantity aside from what I already, unfortunately, do and shave a year or two off my life.

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Also. Doesn't this mean that the "I fart in your general direction" insult from monthy python is no longer a real insult?. 

My whole childhood is a lie  :o

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"Who discovered we could get milk from cows, and what did he THINK he was doing at the time?"

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Am i the only one thats not bothered by your own farts at all. also when i see people reacting to someones fart the reaction is a little over the top smelling a fart is like walking past dog shit, not pleasant but im not going to make a fuss

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Also. Doesn't this mean that the "I fart in your general direction" insult from monthy python is no longer a real insult?. 

My whole childhood is a lie  :o

"I thank you. We did get some diseases being attacked by rabbits. This should cure the rabies." Doesn't have the same ring to it, does it? 

What do they know of England, who only England know?

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"I thank you. We did get some diseases being attacked by rabbits. This should cure the rabies." Doesn't have the same ring to it, does it? 

It really doesn't :/

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Am i the only one thats not bothered by your own farts at all. also when i see people reacting to someones fart the reaction is a little over the top smelling a fart is like walking past dog shit, not pleasant but im not going to make a fuss

You're not the only one, and I only really react when someone lets out a weapons grade fart, other than that I don't comment on it.

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wow now i dont feel bad about smoking anymore 

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Farts generally happens when you get nervous, i have experience it when i don't say or express my emotions i suffer it.

I disagree, I've never farted more when nervous that what I would consider normal for me.

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Good, I smell my own farts already. (Not on purpose but you know, I won't dodge the smell)

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