
Sniffing your partners’ farts could help ward off disease
By Andrea Downey, The Sun Picture this, you’re snuggled in bed on a Saturday morning and your partner lets one rip. The last thing you want to do is smell it, but it turns out sniffing farts has secret health benefits. And it’s all to do with a specific gas that is released when you pop off. Hydrogen sulfide, the gas that gives flatulence its repulsive smell, can help reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke, cancer and help stave off dementia, research suggests. When we are sick our cells create their own hydrogen sulfide which helps keep the mitochondria … Continue reading Sniffing your partners’ farts could help ward off disease