Foods, Drinks and Spices that Cause Smelly Urine
Cruciferous Vegetables (Broccoli, Cauliflower, etc.)

Cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower or Brussels sprouts, can sometimes cause urine to have an unusual or foul odor.
Chilies and Other Spicy Foods
Eating foods that are naturally spicy, such as chili peppers, can make you have foul smelling urine, especially if you eat them in large quantities.
Garlic
Garlic is another food that can cause your pee to smell bad, especially when eaten in large quantities. It contains sulfuric substances that smell unpleasant to the human nose.
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Most of the time, garlic is not eaten in large quantities, so you may have never noticed any change in the smell of your urine after eating it. Raw garlic in particular causes your urine to have a foul odor. Luckily, the smell will go away on its own in about a day.
Spices Such as Cumin, Coriander & Saffron
Heavily spiced foods in general can cause stinky urine. Cumin, coriander and saffron in particular can give your urine a foul odor.
Fortunately, the bad smell will go away on its own in about a day.
Certain foods and drinks can cause your urine to smell bad. Fortunately, in most cases the smell is harmless and goes away within a day or two.
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Read on to learn more about the common foods, drinks and spices that can cause smelly pee.
Asparagus
The most notorious food that causes foul smelling urine is asparagus. While it is great for your health, it can leave you with an unusual odor in your urine for a day or two. The odor is often described as being like sulfur or rotten cabbage.

The odor in urine caused by eating asparagus is completely normal and will go away naturally in about one day.

Next time you get an asparagus craving, try these tricks to lessen the strong smell in your urine:

Select large stalks of asparagus. They contain less of the sulfuric compounds that make your pee stink than the thinner stalks do.

Add fresh lemon juice to your asparagus right before eating it. Some say the acidity of the lemon juice balances out the substances in asparagus that cause foul-smelling urine.
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