While these foods may be extremely beneficial to your health, scientific research can’t deny some weird things they do to your body.
These reactions aren’t dangerous or affect your health in any way, regardless, things they do to you are weird enough.
Asparagus
Asparagus makes your pee smell. When your body digests the vegetable, it breaks down the asparagusic acid into a group of sulfuric compounds. Those compounds are what lead to the asparagus-pee smell—especially since they’re even more potent at a warmer temperature
Beets and berries
If you’ve just relieved yourself and notice that the color is a bit—well, off—it might be because of something you ate. According to Harvard Medical School, foods like blackberries and beets can temporarily turn urine pink or red. Obviously, you’ll want to seek medical attention if the condition lasts.
Carrots
Because the veggies are high in beta-carotene, an orangey-red pigment, eating too many of them can cause carotenemia, a condition that gives skin an orange tint. The coloring is most visible on the palms of the hand, the soles of the feet, and the laugh lines of your face, according to the Dermatology Clinic at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. Fortunately, it’s not too common. You’d have to eat about ten carrots a day for two weeks straight to notice a change.
Bananas
If you’ve been feeling a bit bloated lately, you might want to add a banana to your morning routine. One study found that women who ate a banana a day reported less bloating than those who simply had water or a banana-flavored drink.
Experts guess it’s because the fruit is high in potassium, which helps balance sodium and prevents water retention.
Almonds
Foods like almond contain tryptophan, the amino acid that makes you drowsy. Apart from almonds, chicken, beans, and fatty fish are just as likely to put you out.
Dark chocolate
As if we needed another reason to love chocolate, one study found that darker varieties could reduce stress by decreasing the cortisol hormone. Studies have also found the candy improves mood, memory, and immunity.
Acidic fruits
Feeling like you gotta go all the time? You might want to take a look at your diet. Citrus fruits, such as oranges, grapefruits, and clementines, as well as pineapples and tomatoes, are highly acidic, meaning they could irritate your bladder and make the urge to pee seems even more urgent than usual.
Cilantro
If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome then this is the herb for you. A study published in the journal Digestive Diseases and Science found that patients with IBS were able to find some relief by adding cilantro to their diets, as opposed to a placebo.
