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The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure
Life Science ^ | 10/28/08

Posted on 10/28/2008 5:30:25 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside

The Stink in Farts Controls Blood Pressure

Amelia Tomas

livescience Staff

livescience.com – Thu Oct 23, 3:21 pm ET

A smelly rotten-egg gas in farts controls blood pressure in mice, a new study finds.

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.

The research was supported by grants from the U.S. Public Health Service and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research as well as a Research Scientist Award.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Science
KEYWORDS: bloodpressure; health; naturalgas; thisthreadstinks
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1 posted on 10/28/2008 5:30:25 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

No wonder most politicians live so long....


2 posted on 10/28/2008 5:31:54 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Redistribute Obamas Wealth)
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To: Mr. Brightside
ONIONS ARE BACK ON THE MENU!!!!!!

WOOO HOOOO!!!!!!!!

3 posted on 10/28/2008 5:32:06 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Palin has run a state, city, and a business. NObama has only run his mouth.)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Ping


4 posted on 10/28/2008 5:36:07 AM PDT by grjr21
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To: Mr. Brightside

My co-workers will declare I should be in good health then.


5 posted on 10/28/2008 5:40:16 AM PDT by herewego (Got .45?)
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To: Mr. Brightside

I need to print a copy for my GF and kids.


6 posted on 10/28/2008 5:41:04 AM PDT by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: EGPWS

Your 4-legged babester should be well protected against high blood pressure ;~)


7 posted on 10/28/2008 5:42:16 AM PDT by trussell (I carry because...When seconds count between life and death, the police are only minutes away)
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To: Mr. Brightside

I don’t care if it will make me live forever, I’m not swallowing a pill that smells like a fart.


8 posted on 10/28/2008 5:45:28 AM PDT by bitterohiogunclinger (Never argue with an idiot, they always wear you down and beat you with experience)
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To: herewego
My co-workers will declare I should be in good health then.

I declare that my husband is in very good health as well!

9 posted on 10/28/2008 5:46:44 AM PDT by alicewonders (Sarah Palin is the face of America's future.)
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To: Travis T. OJustice

i just emailed it to my bro and said, well now we know why you have no BP problems... ; )


10 posted on 10/28/2008 5:47:52 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Mr. Brightside

Farts stink so deaf people can enjoy them too. :-)


11 posted on 10/28/2008 5:50:55 AM PDT by vietvet67
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To: Travis T. OJustice

I always told my wife that if I held my farts in that it would make my breath stink.

She never bought that idea.

Maybe I will try the blood pressure control angle.


12 posted on 10/28/2008 5:51:05 AM PDT by Mr. Brightside
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To: Mr. Brightside

I’d recommend a colon cleanse. Something’s just not right down there.


13 posted on 10/28/2008 5:53:11 AM PDT by sarasota
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To: herewego
My co-workers will declare I should be in good health then.

My younger dog (85 lb. & half Pit and half Black Lab), who regularly gets under my desk and farts, must be in excellent health.

14 posted on 10/28/2008 5:53:40 AM PDT by libstripper
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To: Mr. Brightside
What they are not telling you is that there is the opposite effect also.

Farts can lower and increase blood pressure. If a fart occurs and you did it, pressure down. If it's the Neanderthal across from you on the Metro train, pressure up.

15 posted on 10/28/2008 5:56:08 AM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature (Democrats don't have opposable thumbs and are scared of vacuum cleaners, like my dog.)
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To: Mr. Brightside
The answer to the age old question....

Do pretty girls fart?

16 posted on 10/28/2008 5:56:53 AM PDT by Snurple (VEGETARIAN, OLD INDIAN WORD FOR BAD HUNTER.)
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To: Mr. Brightside

This is classic ! Well, let it rip away, for good health of course !


17 posted on 10/28/2008 5:57:28 AM PDT by CORedneck
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To: Mr. Brightside

Does this mean Beano should be banned?


18 posted on 10/28/2008 5:58:25 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: libstripper

You can cancel your next Vet’s appointment.


19 posted on 10/28/2008 5:58:31 AM PDT by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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To: Mr. Brightside
Since mine don't stink, does that mean I have low blood pressure?       ;^)
20 posted on 10/28/2008 5:58:36 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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