Comment on Why do old people's farts smell either like decomposition or sickly-sweet?
a_wild_mimic_appears@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
The “Death” smell is normally associated with an inefficient digestion, which causes amino acids to break down - relevant ist especially cysteine, which contains Sulfur and therefore smells intensive. The “sweeter” smell can have multiple reasons, but having an disturbed gut microbiome is the most likely cause.