Asparagus Pee »
Posted By SenorCoconut 5 months, 3 weeks ago in StyleAsparagus 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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libsRfunny5 months, 3 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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lvrofwolves5 months, 3 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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quackpot5 months, 3 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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ETproductions5 months, 3 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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lvrofwolves5 months, 3 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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