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Just a follow up question , so from what i understand , we smell food and it goes to the lungs and brain and breathed out , not peed out right? as it wouldn't be able to make it to the urethra?

Q: just a follow up question , so from what i understand , we smell food and it goes to the lungs and brain and breathed out , not peed out right? as it wouldn't be able to make it to the urethra?

: Yes, food odors do not appear in your urine, e.g. you can't smell orange odor (flavor) in the urine after you eat orange. Certain foods give urine a specific odor but not the food's odor you smell.

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Dr. Hiep Le answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Yes, food odors do not appear in your urine, e.g. you can't smell orange odor (flavor) in the urine after you eat orange. Certain foods give urine a specific odor but not the food's odor you smell.

Dr Kuitems agreed

Answered 3/17/2023

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Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

Nothing except the sensation goes to the brain when the olfactory nerve is stimulated (Smell). The air with the smell is breathed out by the lungs.

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A member asked:

Just a follow up question , so from what i understand , we smell food and it goes to the lungs and brain and breathed out , not peed out right? as it wouldn't be able to make it to the urethra?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Hiep Le answered

Dr Kuitems agreed

Dr. Birendra Tandan answered

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