"Study says farting may improve your health" (Reply #17)

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Tue Jul 29, 2014, 03:45 AM

Uncle Joe (55,641 posts)

17. "Study says farting may improve your health"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025236802

KUSA – Whoever smelt it may have dealt it, but according to a new study, whenever someone 'cuts the cheese' they may be helping to save your life.

A study from the University of Exeter in Devon, United Kingdom has released a new study identifying the benefits of hydrogen sulfide. Hydrogen sulfide is toxic in large doses, but it is showing potential health benefits in small doses.

"When cells become stressed by disease, they draw in enzymes to generate minute quantities of hydrogen sulfide. This keeps the mitochondria ticking over and allows cells to live," University of Exeter medical school professor Matt Whiteman said.

"If this doesn't happen, the cells die and lose the ability to regulate survival and control inflammation. 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. Our results indicate that if stressed cells are treated with AP39, mitochondria are protected and cells stay alive."

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Of course Benjamin Franklin was being facetious, while making a statement regarding "pretentiousness and concerns with the impractical" even wise people can have a sense of humor, but if you could make the passing of gas smell like a rose, that would be the best of all worlds, fragrant and healthy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fart_Proudly

"A Letter To A Royal Academy" was composed in response to a call for scientific papers from the Royal Academy of Brussels. Franklin believed that the various academic societies in Europe were increasingly pretentious and concerned with the impractical. Revealing his "bawdy, scurrilous side," [3] Franklin responded with an essay suggesting that research and practical reasoning be undertaken into methods of improving the odor of human flatulence. [1]

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My party has lost its soul: Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and the victory of Wall Street Democrats [View all]	nationalize the fed	Jul 2014	OP
I voted for Jimmy Carter/nt	Go Vols	Jul 2014	#1
It's almost 2015	nationalize the fed	Jul 2014	#2
I have all my ducks in a row,	Go Vols	Jul 2014	#5
This is a good read.	Uncle Joe	Jul 2014	#3
I prefer liberal to progressive	Go Vols	Jul 2014	#7
I don't care about labels, liberal, libertarian, populist, progressive, all I care about	Uncle Joe	Jul 2014	#8
I hope it plays out this way/nt	Go Vols	Jul 2014	#9
"We must, indeed, all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately"	nationalize the fed	Jul 2014	#12
That's a good post, nationalize the fed.	Uncle Joe	Jul 2014	#13
"Fart proudly" was sure a winner.	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2014	#14
"Study says farting may improve your health"	Uncle Joe	Jul 2014	#17
He was ahead of his time,...	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2014	#19
I agree, Spitfire, Franklin was ahead of his time. n/t	Uncle Joe	Jul 2014	#20
*@#%k Nader	G_j	Jul 2014	#4
This message was self-deleted by its author	lostincalifornia	Jul 2014	#6
....	DeSwiss	Jul 2014	#10
Too bad Ralph	DonCoquixote	Jul 2014	#11
They tell the voters they're populists....	Spitfire of ATJ	Jul 2014	#15
Nah, they don't believe it. Deep down they know they are corrupt assholes. nt	stillwaiting	Jul 2014	#21
Quit worrying about this party. It's the principles that matter	johnlucas	Jul 2014	#16
why white voters who consider republicans evil still vote for them.	jonjensen	Jul 2014	#18

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