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Who doesn\u2019t love an easy fix for high blood pressure, especially when it makes you laugh (and we\u2019re NOT talking about laughing therapy)?<\/p>\nWho doesn\u2019t love an easy fix for high blood pressure, especially when it makes you laugh (and we\u2019re NOT talking about laughing therapy)?<\/p>\n
The embarrassing nature of an accidental release of gas, or \u201cbreaking wind\u201d is what some would describe as a stressful, anxiety-riddled accident.<\/p>\n
However, the gas that gives flatulence its \u2018stink\u2019 factor has recently been discovered to actually be beneficial to blood vessel health.<\/p>\n
Researchers at John\u2019s Hopkins University, for whatever reason, studied the enzyme that produces hydrogen sulfide. This is one of several gasses that make up flatus but is the key culprit in the rotten egg smell of a \u2018toot.\u2019<\/p>\n
The enzyme, however, was found to relax blood vessels. When it is actively doing that, the enzyme releases hydrogen sulfide gas.<\/p>\n
Chinese researchers \u201cgot wind of it\u201d (had to use the pun\u2026sorry) and decided to work on a way to harness the gas for use in a clinical application to reduce blood pressure in humans after seeing the effects hydrogen sulfide gas had on mice.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s not known at this time how they plan to introduce the gas into human physiology synthetically.<\/p>\n
So the next time you stress out for \u2018letting one go,\u2019 try to remember that some healthy, relaxed blood vessels likely played a part.<\/p>\n
Even if this is not a great scientific cure for high blood pressure, at least I hope this article brought up a smile. And laughter has definitely been proven to lower blood pressure\u2026 <\/p>\n