Sometimes I wonder...

[Guest]

...why we bother to write fiction.

I think I've got a fairly free-ranging imagination, but I'm not ashamed to say that not only would I not have thought of this, I'm not sure I could have!

Stinky farts may help regulate blood pressure​

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.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Guest]

Thank you for sharing.

You're most welcome.

I thought it might come as welcome news to the hypertensive crowd.

 

[tickledkitty]

I know I'm relieved. So to speak.

 

[Guest]

I know I'm relieved. So to speak.

I thought the whole thing was a gas...


Actually, [WARNING: MORE STUFF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW AHEAD] reseachers have identified what they're terming "gasotransmitters."

Same article (of course):

"Hydrogen sulfide is the most recently discovered member of a family of gasotransmitters, small molecules inside our bodies with important physiological functions."

In addition to decreasing blood pressure, I suspect that hydrogen sulfide originally served a very important survival function, telling members of the tribe, "Hey! Don't eat what that guy ate!"

 

[impressive]

I know I'm relieved. So to speak.

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