Smell of fart can prevent cancer and other diseases - understand

If for you the smell of fart is one of the worst in the world, for some scientists at the University of Exeter in the UK, the unpleasant smell is a cause for celebration, after all, a recent survey found that this smell can prevent cancer and other diseases. . Yeah. You did not read it wrong.

According to researcher Dr. Mark Wood, although hydrogen sulfide is better known as pungent, foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence is naturally produced in the human body and can actually help to take care of it. of our health in possible new forms of treatments for some diseases.

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Despite the unpleasant smell, the researchers defend the idea that our daily fart odor helps prevent strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, dementia and even cancer. If you are also wondering how the researchers came up with this result, be aware that their experiment was to send doses of hydrogen sulfide directly to the mitochondria, vital cell organelles.

The conclusion was that the gas is capable of preserving the affected mitochondria and keeping the cell alive, which in turn prevents the onset of the aforementioned diseases. The results of this research were presented recently at a conference in Kyoto, Japan.

At the moment there are no medical treatments based on hydrogen sulfide gas, but this may not be far from happening, so the next time someone farts near you, think twice about getting irritated. Your health, apparently, thanks you.