Food


Agriculture[edit]
A body of evidence emerged that increased sulfur containing amino acid content of feed increased the offensive odor of feces and flatus produced by livestock.[5] This is thought to be due to increased sulfur containing substrate available to gut microbiota enabling increased volatile sulfur compound (VSC) release during gut fermentation (VSC are thought to be the primary contributors to the odor of flatus and feces). This theory is supported by the observation that feces from carnivores is more malodorous than feces from herbivore species,[citation needed] and this appears to apply to human diets as well (odor of human feces shown to increase with increased dietary protein, particularly sulfur containing amino acids).[6][7]


Sulfur content of food[edit]

Generally, a low sulfur diet involves reduction of cruciferous vegetables (cauliflower, cabbage, cress, broccoli and other leafy vegetables), dairy products, eggs, onions and peas.