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Smelling Farts Prevents Cancer

Smelling Farts Prevents Cancer

Find out why smelling your own farts can be beneficial.

Enjoy!

Before we start, you should know that this is not a joke. According to the scientists from the University of Exeter, smelling farts in fact prevents cancer, among other diseases.

When the bacteria break down food, they produce a gas, known as hydrogen sulfide. Even though this gas is known to be pungent, foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence, it is naturally produced in the body and it even might be considered to be a healthcare hero with considerable implications for future therapies for a variety of diseases, says Dr. Mark Wood in a university release.

Even though harmful in large doses, a whiff here and there of this stinky gas can reduce risks of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and arthritis. As the scientists explain, this is due to the preserving of mitochondria.

The researchers are even rising with their own compound to imitate the health benefits of the smell.

According to Professor Matt Whiteman of the University of Exeter Medical School, they have made use of this natural process by making a compound, called AP39, which slowly delivers very small amounts of this gas specifically to the mitochondria. Their results have shown that if stressed cells are treated with AP30, mitochondria are protected and the cells stay alive.

So, next time you catch a whiff do not get distressed or mad, but be thankful instead.

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Joke Of The Day: One Ticket

Rubber Chicken Three engineers and three scientists were traveling by train to a conference.

The scientists went to the ticket window and bought three one-way tickets. The engineers bought only one. The scientists remarked that there were three engineers but only one ticket. The engineers said to watch.

Right before the train left the three engineers crammed into one rest room. When the conductor came through to collect tickets he checked the rest room and, seeing it occupied, said “Ticket please.” One of the engineers cracked open the door and handed out the ticket, which the conductor validated. After a few minutes the engineers returned to their seats. The scientists were amazed, and said they’d try it on the way back.

On the way back after the conference, the engineers and scientists met at the ticket window again. The scientists said “we know what to do” and bought only one ticket. But the engineers didn’t buy any! Once again the scientists were perplexed. The engineers said “wait and see.”

As the train left the station the scientists got up and crammed themselves into a rest room. The engineers did the same. After a few minutes, before the conductor appeared, one of the engineers came out of their wash room and knocked on the door where the scientists were and said “Ticket please!”

 

 

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