I don't!
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Yes! It's gross, and it keeps me from eating asparagus very often, which is a shame!
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I haven't noticed? I love asparagus.
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How is that possible?? Envious...
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"It is believed most people produce the odorous compounds after eating asparagus, but only about 22% of the population have the autosomal genes required to smell them"
"In 2010, the company 23andMe published a genome-wide association study on whether participants have "ever noticed a peculiar odor when you pee after eating asparagus?"[45] This study pinpointed a single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) in a cluster of olfactory genes associated with the ability to detect the odor. While this SNP did not explain all of the difference in detection between people, it provides support for the theory that there are genetic differences in olfactory receptors that lead people to be unable to smell these odorous compounds."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagus#Effects_on_urine
Strange!
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Yes, yuck!
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Yes, and it's genetic!
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@danda: I just read that! Apparently the gene isn't related to producing the odour, but being able to smell it! So weird.
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Yes, I avoid eating asparagus for this reason.
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@PermaStudent: Whoa! Who knew?
Yes, I do. It happens almost immediately, too.
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Yup! My MIL too, she actually went to the dr one time thinking something was wrong with her!!
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Nope! DH always complains about me making asparagus and I only recently learned it's because it makes pee stinky!
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Yes, one of my favorite things about eating asparagus! ...TMI?
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Nope!
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sometimes. LO's poops were really gross after having asparagus the other day! yuck!
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Along the same line, Beets turn your pee red, freaked me the hell out the first time I ate them.
I love asparagus, hate the effect.
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yes! almost makes me not want to eat asparagus.
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Yes! And I weirdly sort of like the smell of my own asparagus pee. Gross, I know. I was, however, once at a wedding where asparagus was served and the entire bathroom smelled. That was disgusting.
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