• Question: why do trumps smell?!

    Asked by Adiboo to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 12 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      I was waiting for this one. Some gases like hydrogen sulphide make trumps smell (that’s the eggy smell) others are volatile compounds produced by the bacteria in our colon. That’s why beans are great for trumps they contain lots of fibre that the bacteria ferment to produce lots of smelly gas

    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Duane’s answer is spot on. Certain foods when broken down in the gut release certain gases, some of which smell when released

    • Photo: Katie Pickering

      Katie Pickering answered on 14 Nov 2014:

      great answers! what we eat has a massive impact on how smelly our trumps are and can impact how often we trump too!

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