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Can YOU smell asparagus in your urine? It's all down to your genes
Daily Mail ^ | 13 Dec 2016 | ZARA RUBIN

Posted on 12/14/2016 10:07:25 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT

The reason why some people can smell asparagus in their urine after they've eaten it and others can't has been discovered... A group of US scientists from a range of universities conducted research on 6,909 men and women of European-American descent...

Lead researcher Professor Lorelei Mucci, from Harvard University, said the findings could be due to 'modest women'. She said they may be loathed to admit they can smell the distinctive odour in their urine.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Science
KEYWORDS: settledscience; takingapiss; tmi
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Legend has it, that for some it does not stink!
1 posted on 12/14/2016 10:07:25 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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To: DUMBGRUNT

No, because I never eat the mushy Martian vegetable.


2 posted on 12/14/2016 10:08:22 AM PST by steve8714 (My wife calls me Dr. Smartacus. This makes me happy.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Only after I eat asparagus.


3 posted on 12/14/2016 10:08:42 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yes all the time.....it’s nasty...


4 posted on 12/14/2016 10:08:57 AM PST by 1217Chic
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Can YOU smell asparagus in your urine? It's all down to your genes

As long as it isn't ON your jeans.

5 posted on 12/14/2016 10:09:29 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: DUMBGRUNT

My urine smells like rose petals and can cure cancer. Or is that Chuck Norris?


6 posted on 12/14/2016 10:12:01 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (ui)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Asparagus are disgusting.


7 posted on 12/14/2016 10:13:11 AM PST by Ray76 (DRAIN THE SWAMP)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

You can smell the sulphur or left over ammonia from certain foods, yes.


8 posted on 12/14/2016 10:13:25 AM PST by lee martell
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To: DUMBGRUNT
Yup. I smell it strongly.

My yDNA is R1b and my mtDNA is 'V' haplogroup.

9 posted on 12/14/2016 10:13:39 AM PST by blam (Jeff Sessions For President)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Some people are very smart

Some are quite good looking

Some have strong personal charisma

Some can smell asparagus...


10 posted on 12/14/2016 10:14:30 AM PST by thoughtomator (Purple: the color of sedition)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

If I eat it raw, it is worse. And I see no reason to ever cook it.


11 posted on 12/14/2016 10:14:31 AM PST by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Do farts count?


12 posted on 12/14/2016 10:15:50 AM PST by MNDude (God is not a Republican, but Satan is certainly a Democrat)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Oh, yeah. I love asparagus, too. I figure it’s an indication of a profound intellect and a godlike physique. Either that or it’s an indication I’ve been eating asparagus. Could go either way.


13 posted on 12/14/2016 10:15:58 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: DUMBGRUNT

And just how much did this earth-shattering research cost the government?


14 posted on 12/14/2016 10:16:36 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Yes, and almost immediately after I eat it. Asparagus is one of my favorite veggies.


15 posted on 12/14/2016 10:19:43 AM PST by deweyfrank (Nobody's Perfect)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I don’t mean to brag, but my body turns everything ingested into energy and maintenance. I have no need for a bathroom.

Well, not since I drank that glass of antifreeze.


16 posted on 12/14/2016 10:19:50 AM PST by Mr. Douglas (Today is your life. What are you going to do with it?)
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To: thoughtomator
Some people are very smart

Some are quite good looking

Some have strong personal charisma

Some can smell asparagus...

And guess which gene I got stuck with...

17 posted on 12/14/2016 10:25:24 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: DUMBGRUNT

I don’t know about asparagus, but I do know that within 2 hours I can tell if the chili I ate was from Hormel...


18 posted on 12/14/2016 10:25:27 AM PST by Don W ( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: deweyfrank
Yes, and almost immediately after I eat it. Asparagus is one of my favorite veggies.

Mine, too. Beets are another favorite veggie of mine, but they turn one's urine red. I've never eaten the two together, I can only imagine an unsuspecting person would scare themselves with the effluent from that combination! lol

I can laugh now, but I was quite worried when I ate beets as a teen with hypochondriac tendencies. I thought sure I was peeing blood...lol.

Today, when I get a pain on the left side of my chest, I know it's musculo-skeletal in nature. I see my doc every 3-4 months, so I'm good.

19 posted on 12/14/2016 10:25:59 AM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

I heard the same thing about pineapple.


20 posted on 12/14/2016 10:29:03 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Too. Much. Winniing.)
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