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Beets. They make morning colorful!
Topic Started: Feb 25 2015, 04:49 PM (235 Views)
Mikhailoh
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Seriously. The water is the most beautiful shade of fuschia. Yeah, I did. I said 'fuschia'. Sue me. Beets rock.
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Mikhailoh
Feb 25 2015, 04:49 PM
Seriously. The water is the most beautiful shade of fuschia. Yeah, I did. I said 'fuschia'. Sue me. Beets rock.
More evidence that Mik is colorful. :lol2:
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George K
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brenda
Feb 25 2015, 05:35 PM
More evidence that Mik is colorful. :lol2:
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George K
Feb 25 2015, 05:43 PM
brenda
Feb 25 2015, 05:35 PM
More evidence that Mik is colorful. :lol2:
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Holy cow! Is he peeing rainbows now?!

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Mikhailoh
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No. I pee/etc. fuschia. I fart rainbows.
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Mikhailoh
Feb 25 2015, 06:15 PM
No. I pee/etc. fuschia. I fart rainbows.
No moonbeams?
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Mmmmmmm, pie!
Ok guys.....

we need to take Mik to a bar and start a fight....
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Horace
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HOLY CARP!!!
Eat a beet and asparagus salad and enjoy the sensory cornucopia the next morning!
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That's a nice way to put it.
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Mikhailoh
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:lol2:
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Horace
Feb 25 2015, 09:54 PM
Eat a beet and asparagus salad and enjoy the sensory cornucopia the next morning!
:lol2:
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HOLY CARP!!!
:lol:

Why does asparagus do that? :confused:
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Feb 26 2015, 05:21 AM
Why does asparagus do that? :confused:
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/why-asparagus-makes-your-urine-smell-49961252/?no-ist
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Scientists tell us that the asparagus-urine link all comes down to one chemical: asparagusic acid.

Asparagusic acid, as the name implies, is (to our knowledge) only found in asparagus. When our bodies digest the vegetable, they break down this chemical into a group of related sulfur-containing compounds with long, complicated names (including dimethyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, dimethyl sulfoxide and dimethyl sulfone). As with many other substances that include sulfur—such as garlic, skunk spray and odorized natural gas—these sulfur-containing molecules convey a powerful, typically unpleasant scent.

All of these molecules also share another key characteristic: They’re volatile, meaning that have a low enough boiling point that they can vaporize and enter a gaseous state at room temperature, which allows them to travel from urine into the air and up your nose. Asparagusic acid, on the other hand, isn’t volatile, so asparagus itself doesn’t convey the same rotten smell. But once your body converts asparagusic acid into these volatile, sulfur-bearing compounds, the distinctive aroma can be generated quite quickly—in some cases, it’s been detected in the urine of people who ate asparagus just 15-30 minutes earlier.

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Of course, the whole asparagus-urine scent issue is complicated by an entire separate issue: Some people simply don’t smell anything different when urinate after they eat asparagus. Scientists have long been divided into two camps in explaining this issue. Some believe that, for physiological reasons, these people (which constitute anywhere from 20 to 40 percent of the population) don’t produce the aroma in their urine when they digest asparagus, while others think that they produce the exact same scent, but somehow lack the ability to smell it.

On the whole, the evidence is mixed. Initially, a pair of studies conducted in the 1980s with participants from France and Israel found that everyone produced the characteristic scent, and that a minority of people were simply unable to smell it. People with the ability to detect the scent, though, were able to smell it even in the urine of those who couldn’t smell it, indicating that the differences were rooted in perception, not production.

More recent studies, though, suggest the issue is a bit more complicated. The most recent study, from 2010, found that differences existed between individuals in both the production and detection of the scent.

Overall, scientists now conclude that most of the difference is in perception—that is, if your urine doesn’t seem to smell any differently after you eat asparagus, it’s likely that you simply can’t perceive the sulfurous compounds’ foul odor, but there’s a small chance it’s because your body digests asparagus in a way that reduces the concentration of these chemicals in your urine.
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Mikhailoh
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I was always just content to accept that it does. :lol2:
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I don't smell it. :)
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brenda
Feb 26 2015, 05:37 AM
I don't smell it. :)
Nor do I.

It might be a similar thing to what brussel sprouts do - I remember reading an article that says some people have a genetically caused aversion to the taste. I'll eat pretty much any veggie, but not brussel sprouts. Can't stand the acidy taste.

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2011/nov/01/brussel-sprout-gene
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There is one gene controlling taste sensitivity that scientists have characterised in a lot of detail – the catchily named TAS2R38 gene. This gene makes a protein that interlocks with a chemical called PTC (phenylthiocarbamide) and gives the taste sensation of bitterness.

PTC isn't usually found in the human diet, but it is very similar to chemicals found in brassicas such as brussels sprouts and cabbages. Because of this, scientists have suggested that the ability to taste or not taste PTC might explain why some people hate sprouts, and some people love them.

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Mikhailoh
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I only really like them shredded up and sauteed. Can't stand them whole.
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Mikhailoh
Feb 26 2015, 05:48 AM
I only really like them shredded up and sauteed. Can't stand them whole.
Yes, I don't like them whole either, but halved or quartered and roasted with a little olive oil is very tasty. I have wondered why it changes the flavor so much.
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