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Posted by: SenorCoconut 4 months, 3 weeks ago

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Asparagus has a diuretic effect, and asparagine, and amino acid present in asparagus may be the source of its diuretic properties, and when excreted, gives urine a strong odor.

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1basque14 months, 3 weeks ago

ok....tmi
I love to roast asparagus in the oven !
Delicious
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  libsRfunny4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  a lil more in the TMI category: Asparagus has similar effect on ejaculate. Pineapple has an opposite effect, or so I am told.
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capnews4 months, 3 weeks ago

Marcel Prost had an odd defintion of "perfume," that's for sure.
I voted this one up just in the hopes of seeing the phrase "Asparagus Pee" on the front page.
By the way, try brushing some olive oil on asparagus, sprinkling it with garlic, and then grill it. Now *that's* delicious...
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  lvrofwolves4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Just had a bunch of roasted asparagus last night, FRESH yuuummy!, won't deal with the canned kind, to mushy for me.
  I wonder if the white asparagus makes your pee pee have the same oder?
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  quackpot4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Don't forget to add the capers! just sprinkle a few on top.
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quackpot4 months, 2 weeks ago

The oder of urine that some people have after eating asparagus is not due to asparagine. It is due to a combination of sulphur-containing compounds.
The sulfur compounds include methanethiol, dimethyl sulphide, dimethyl disulphide, bis-(methylthio)methane, dimethyl sulphoxide and dimethyl sulphone
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  SenorCoconut4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Thanks for that feedback, I'll double check my references.
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    SenorCoconut4 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    Checked, and there are conflicting reports on that one, but I'll add the other info to the article as well.
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      earthlingerer4 months, 2 weeks ago
      
      I had plenty of asparagine today.
      And all I had was a steak and eggs with yogurt breakfast! My breakfast potatoes probably had some in them, too.
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  Klarissa4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  qp - I read somewhere it isn't the asparagus, it is a gene in your body that lets you smell it.
  Some people can't smell it.
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ETproductions4 months, 2 weeks ago

There used to be a column in the LA papers ages ago when I lived on the in LaLa town. It was called Dr. Hippocrates.
I remember a reader asking about the "perfume" of asparagus pee. Apparently the good doctor was fond of the vegetable, yet had no idea what they were talking about and dismissed the letter till he checked with some friends who confirmed it did the same to them.
He then researched it and discovered that the odor is due to a benign bacterium that lives in the urinary tracts of about 50% of all humans.
No idea whether that's the truth or not, but I can confirm asparagus is a vegetable I adore and produces a smell I don;t.
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KYRed4 months, 2 weeks ago

My damn cat pees on my asparagus. I thought that's where the pee came from. Huh. Learn something new everyday.
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  Flashygrrl4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Ewwwwwwwwwww....
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Mutainia4 months, 2 weeks ago

I bet the urinals at an esparagus festival aren't fun.
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  lvrofwolves4 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  maybe for those who call asparagus pee 'perfume' I don't care if pee has rose petals floating in it, I've never smelled any pee that I would classify as perfume. eeek
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