Do you have unpleasant asparagus side effects?

[LoveTrains]

I always get stinky pee from asparagus. IT is definitely worth it. I love asparagus.

[Deleted]

I usually only have one asparagus pee. That's ok with me.

[hazel]

Nope, I don't have this issue, but I think I'm in the minority.

[rubytue]

Usually its only one. But I love asparagus enough to deal with it.

Because we are totally uncouth, its not uncommon for one of us to leave the bathroom after asparagus and say "mmmmmmm asparagus pee"

[Roc A Bee]

I don't have this issue. Maybe I'm the freak?

[spidervain]

I opened this post knowing what this is about because asparagus pee is so stinky.

[bunch]

May 15, 2012 21:51:49 GMT -5 LoveTrains said:

I always get stinky pee from asparagus. IT is definitely worth it. I love asparagus.

agree

[Deleted]

Most people have asparagus pee. Not all people can smell it, including their own asparagus pee.

[Deleted]

Yes but it's just pee. NBD. I love me some asparagus.

[agnes]

Asparagus makes me gag. So I don't eat it. At least I don't have stinky pee.

[UMaineTeach]

I get it, usually just one pee - but it was 3 the last time. Still going to eat it though.

[CloudBee]

Ohh, it's so worth it.

[CloudBee]

It has to be more than 18%, Penny.

[gumi]

i dont get asparagus pee. well i do, but i cant smell it.

whether or not you can smell it is supposedly genetic.

[Deleted]

Yep, I get it too. I can see it being genetic, since I know my mom and sister both get it too (they told me, thankfully I don't know this firsthand, yuck!).

I eat asparagus anyway, it is my favorite! But it stinks when I pee for several hours afterward.

[hazel]

May 15, 2012 22:28:11 GMT -5 pennypenny said:

May 15, 2012 21:55:19 GMT -5 hazel said:

Nope, I don't have this issue, but I think I'm in the minority.

They say something like 18% of people that eat asparagus have stinky pee. And a percentage of those people don't have the ability to smell the stink. I would rather have the ability to smell it than not. Then people would be looking at you like you are crazy when you leave the bathroom. Unless mine is extremely funky.

Hmm. I guess I'll have to ask my husband next time we eat asparagus. But I don't think knowing my pee is stinky would make a difference to me. I like asparagus too much to stop eating it.

[Deleted]

I actually never knew about this until my boss (who has no professional filter) came back from the restroom and told me her pee stank because she ate asparagus. Then she went into elaborate detail about how asparagus makes your urine stink and some people can't smell it blah blah blah.

I guess I'm one of those people who can't smell it.

[KaraOrNot]

Stinky pee is not enough to stop me from enjoying the deliciousness of asparagus. Yum!

[audry80]

It hits me super fast after eating it and doesn't bother me one bit. My nephew is scared to eat it.. I told him it would make his pee smell and it freaked him out.

[carfar]

I can smell it, and while unpleasant, I don't think it's that bad, you just flush and it's gone. It does not stop me from eating asparagus.

[statlerwaldorf]

I just don't eat it. I hate asparagus.

[basilosaurus]

Both the ability to make stinky pee and the ability to smell it are separate genetic traits.

Having both did not prevent me from eating the fabulous asparagus last week that was so big it would make a porn star blush. Amazing.

[Deleted]

I love asparagus.

I don't love asparagus pee soaked diapers.

[Deleted]

I love asparagus and I have never had any of the side effects. Even if I did I don't think it would deter me from eating it.

[lindyanne]

I have never noticed it. Even if I did - if it was only stinky pee I'd definitely deal. I love love love asparagus.