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Insomniac
10-26-08, 05:26 PM
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.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081023/sc_livescience/thestinkinfartscontrolsbloodpressure

mapguy
10-26-08, 08:56 PM
:thumbup: My blood pressure has to be super low. I can float air biscuits with the best of them.

oddlycalm
10-27-08, 08:46 PM
If that's the case we should all be eating Polish sausage, sauerkraut, deviled eggs and beer three meals a day. :laugh:

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JLMannin
10-28-08, 11:36 AM
It may lower my blood pressure, but I am sure it will raise my wife's. :D