Eric Topol

Okay, so this is one of my favorite experiments in your book.

I mean, there's several, but because you're quoting and you give the references for these, and this one is just so wild.

It's unimaginable.

Can you review it?

When you get the book, folks, if you don't have it, page 192, okay?

It's an experiment by the king of farts, Dr. Levitt.

And tell us about these people that were volunteering to have their gas analyzed.

Don't bear down, just bear with me.

Yeah, most people think all farts are bad smell.

And we're talking about 1%, hydrogen sulfide.

And another fascinating thing is that you take Pepto-Bismol and you can get rid of the smell in most of those, right?

So if you're going on a hot date,

and you're prone to farting, you may want to load up with a Pepto-Bismol.

Who would have known?

Yeah, well, the sex specificity of farting was really interesting.

You know, the women more in the silent but deadly category and the men just more farts.

And what I loved was Dr. Levitt said,

that the worst job in science is to be a flatus odor judge.

How could anybody sign up for that?

And then the rectal tube people, who would have these?