Ah spring is here! The days are getting warmer, flowers are growing and my favorite green vegetable is in season, asparagus, which means I'll be producing a lot of smelly pee. The smell is a result of the methanethiol the body produces when it metabolizes the plant. It contains sulfer and is the same gas given off by rotten eggs and cabbage. Everyone's body produces this special asparagus pee although some people are unable to smell it. And the body produces it fast, within 15-20 minutes of having eaten it. The only thing I couldn't figure out when trying to answer this question is why other food items don't produce the same effect, especially something like cabbage that produces it on it's own when it rots. But I guess it has to do with the special way asparagus is composed.
Here's some other things that make pee smell:
Certain Medicines and Vitamins (B vitamins will make it orange)
Urinary Track and Bladder Infections
Diabetes (which will make it smell sweet)
Dehydration
Maple Syrup Urine Disease (which sounds frightening)
So if you notice something different after eating asparagus, you're fine. But if you have abnormal urine any other time and it persists, make sure to check it out. Especially, if it's coming out like maple syrup. Ew!
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Maple Syrup Urine Syndrome is caused by incest...or so I understand. The rumor is that many Amish get it, because they are incestors. It makes pee come out slow, and thick--like maple syrup.
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