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Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« on: February 16, 2017, 12:43:04 am »
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By Elizabeth Harrington Published February 14, 2017 Washington Free Beacon
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A taxpayer-funded study set to find out if people can smell their own "asparagus pee."

Researchers at Harvard on two active studies that received over $3 million last year surveyed nearly 7,000 people to determine if their urine smelled funny after eating the vegetable. The results were published in the BMJ scientific journal, which uses its final edition each year to publish articles that are "quirky, amusing, and creative—but all scientifically sound."

The results concluded a "large proportion of individuals of European-American descent cannot smell ‘asparagus pee'—the unpleasant odor present in urine after people eat asparagus," according to the T.H. Chan School of Public Health....

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/02/14/taxpayer-funded-study-asked-if-people-could-smell-asparagus-pee.html

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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2017, 04:03:29 am »
I can always smell it. One reason I rarely eat asparagus.
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2017, 07:16:00 am »
It's genetics.
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2017, 07:23:27 am »
A taxpayer-funded study set to find out if people can smell their own "asparagus pee."

Damn Golden Shower lobby on K Street always have their snout in the trough.
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« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2017, 01:41:30 pm »
They worded this so it sounds like the $3 million was for this study. Actually, buried in the source's source:
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The school listed several grants from the National Institutes of Health that provided funding for the study.

Two active projects include a study using biological samples of men to examine diet and physical activity variables related to cancer that received $2,313,689 last year.

Another study is looking at the benefits of eating "plant-based" foods to battle coronary heart disease. This project received $735,491 last year.

Requests for comment on how much funding specifically went to the asparagus-pee findings were not returned.
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2017, 03:16:47 pm »
Asparagus pee?   What I want to know is, Why does it hurt when I pee?
I don't want no doctor, to stick no needle in me.
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #6 on: February 16, 2017, 03:30:46 pm »
Quote from: Wingnut on February 16, 2017, 03:16:47 pm
Asparagus pee?   What I want to know is, Why does it hurt when I pee?
I don't want no doctor, to stick no needle in me.
Shortly after his liaison with the taco stand lady, Joe makes a horrible discovery. :smokin:

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« Reply #7 on: February 16, 2017, 08:10:26 pm »
Quote from: Frank Cannon on February 16, 2017, 07:23:27 am
A taxpayer-funded study set to find out if people can smell their own "asparagus pee."

Damn Golden Shower lobby on K Street always have their snout in the trough.

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« Reply #8 on: February 16, 2017, 08:23:59 pm »
Quote from: andy58-in-nh on February 16, 2017, 03:30:46 pm
Shortly after his liaison with the taco stand lady, Joe makes a horrible discovery. :smokin:



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« Reply #9 on: February 17, 2017, 02:16:35 am »
Quote from: Wingnut on February 16, 2017, 08:23:59 pm
This is the central scrutinizer... It is my responsibility to enforce all the laws
That haven't been passed yet. It is also my responsibility to alert each and every one of
You to the potential consequences of various ordinary everyday activities you might be
Performing which could eventually lead to The Death Penalty (or affect your parents'
Credit rating).

Our criminal institutions are full of little creeps like you who do wrong things...
And many of them were driven to these crimes by a horrible force called music! Our studies
Have shown that this horrible force is so dangerous to society at large that laws are being
Drawn up at this very moment to stop it forever! Cruel and inhuman punishments are
Being carefully described in tiny paragraphs so they won't conflict with the Constitution
(which, itself, is being modified in order to accommodate the future).

Channeling Zappa?
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« Reply #10 on: February 17, 2017, 02:20:46 am »
Quote from: Oceander on February 17, 2017, 02:16:35 am
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #11 on: February 17, 2017, 02:23:56 am »
@Sanguine
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Great article, Sanguine!  (I was actually getting bored scrolling through everything else on TBR.  This one was actually weirdly interesting!)
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #12 on: February 17, 2017, 03:30:30 am »
Quote from: the_doc on February 17, 2017, 02:23:56 am
@Sanguine
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Great article, Sanguine!  (I was actually getting bored scrolling through everything else on TBR.  This one was actually weirdly interesting!)

Or, those of us who find it interesting are weird?
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #13 on: February 17, 2017, 04:59:11 am »
Quote from: Weird Tolkienish Figure on February 16, 2017, 04:03:29 am
I can always smell it. One reason I rarely eat asparagus.
I like asparagus, but I only eat it when I have a hankering to be obnoxious, or I am not around other folks...it's that strong.
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Re: Taxpayer-funded study asked if people could smell 'asparagus pee'
« Reply #14 on: February 17, 2017, 04:23:14 pm »
Quote from: Sanguine on February 17, 2017, 03:30:30 am
Or, those of us who find it interesting are weird?

Well, that too.  At least I know I'm weird.
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