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Why does asparagus makes your urine smell funny?

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Methylmercaptan: A product of the digestion of asparagus, it produces the odor.

Dr Villaplana and another doctor agreed

Answered 8/14/2012

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What cause my urine to smell really badly? I'm not eating asparagus or anything bad. I drink water everyday. Maybe not as much as I'm suppose to.

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I've been on a no carb diet for a few days and have been eating asparagus and Brussel sprouts with olive oil and my urine is oily and smells oily?

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Hi, tested negative for a UTI. My urine smells like asparagus pee but I haven't eaten any in about 5 days. what could cause this? thank you?

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I'm not on any medications andmy urine smells like eggs. I drunk some cranberry juice and it went away then came back. I haven't ate asparagus either.

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