And here I was thinking I had read just about everything. Who would have liked being picked for this study? Or actually signing up for it on your own. Can't get the picture out of my mind of a bunch of health nuts running around sticking their faces into peoples....well you know.

At least now everybody can tell their spouse and friends "I just doing it for YOUR health"

http://theweek.com/article/index/264585 ... our-health

Study: Smelling farts is good for your health

The next time someone at your office lets out a "silent but deadly" emission, maybe you should thank them. A new study at the University of Exeter suggests that smelling farts could prevent disease and even cancer.

The study, published in the Medicinal Chemistry Communications journal, found that flatulence could be a key factor in treating diseases.

"Although hydrogen sulfide gas is well known as a pungent, foul-smelling gas in rotten eggs and flatulence, it is naturally produced in the body and could in fact be a healthcare hero with significant implications for future therapies for a variety of diseases," Dr. Mark Wood, a professor at the University of Exeter, said in a statement.
While hydrogen sulfide gas is harmful in large doses, smelling it in small amounts could reduce the risk of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving the body's mitochondria. Dr. Matt Whiteman, a University of Exeter professor who worked on the study, said in a statement that researchers are even replicating the natural gas to reap its health benefits.
- - Meghan DeMaria

If that's the case, anyone who hangs out with AppState89 should be free and clear for years to come.

That Dr. Wood is one smart feller- I mean fart smeller.

"smelling it in small amounts could reduce the risk of cancer, strokes, heart attacks, arthritis, and dementia by preserving the body's mitochondria"

Have huge reservations about that statement. If that had been anywhere near proven we would have tanks of it that people carried around.

I read this to my wife then cut a big one and smiled and said "you're welcome!" She was not amused but i sure was.

Fascinating information. Now if you gentlemen will excuse me, I'm going to go cook up a big pot of beans.

Good news for ASUMountaineer...

MUSK read

Like the late George Carlin used to say, "Have you ever noticed that your own farts smell okay?"

Makes me think of the south park episode where all the smug people in San Francisco enjoy the smell of their own farts and "catch" them in wine glasses to sniff.