Sorry guys, but I could not resist this story. With that said, I knew there was a good reason for this body function.
The gas best known for being used in many stink bombs may also control blood pressure, say US researchers.
Small amounts of hydrogen sulphide – a toxic gas generated by bacteria living in the human gut – are responsible for the foul odour of flatulence.
But it seems the gas is also produced by an enzyme in blood vessels where it relaxes them and lowers blood pressure.
Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in Maryland, found that the gas is produced in the cells lining blood vessels by an enzyme called CSE.
In mice engineered to be deficient in this enzyme, levels of hydrogen sulphide were almost depleted compared with levels in normal mice.
The CSE-deficient mice also had blood pressure measurements about 20% higher than the normal mice, comparable to serious hypertension in humans.
When the engineered mice were given a drug which relaxes normal blood vessels – methacholine – there was no difference, indicating the gas is responsible for the relaxation.
This makes so much sense. My BP has always been extremely healthy. I also eat lots of Indian food.
tee hee…I regret that I have to post stuff like this….but I think if I can get them reading this stuff maybe they will read others.
I’ve been thinking about posting similar stuff, too. It gets people on your site, that’s for sure!!
Yep, I hate that it comes to that but I guess if the stop by they will read more….at least that is what I am hoping.