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Study: Smelling Farts Is Good For Your Health

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http://theweek.com/article/index/264585/speedreads-study-smelling-farts-is-good-for-your-health

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 smelling farts could prevent disease and even cancer.

The study, published in the Medicinal Chemistry Communications journal, found that 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, smelling it in small amounts could reduce the risk of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving the body's mitochondria. 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 to reap its health benefits. - - Meghan DeMaria

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I have always found it interesting that you can transpose the letters in "smart feller" and it becomes "fart smeller."

They sound so similar but the meanings are so different.

He's a smart feller versus he's a fart smeller.


Enchanting little thing.
 
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I'm waiting for Mr. X to come in and dissect the merit of the study before I start any proactive measures.

It seems to be true that Hydrogen Sulfide has therapeutic potential for stroke and heart attack patients.

"Smelling Farts Is Good For Your Health" is a bit of a leap from there.
 
I imagine this is going to be the next "pee on a jellyfish sting."

In 5 years time, whenever someone appears to be having a heart attack or a stroke, there will be multiple pleas for someone to fart on them. You heard it hear, first.