Are we able to survive solely on eating our faeces? If able, how long? And how would it taste like?
2006-11-05 14:36:58 · 27 answers · asked by CuRioUs. 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
no - You will get sick from a bacteria called Ecoli.
Ecoli is a bacteria that lives in our digestive system to help break down stuff into waste. Although it is harmless in our intestines, if the bacteria enters any other part of your body you will get sick, and it can be fatal.
Since poop has been through the intestines, they pick up this ecoli bacteria. So if you eat poop, you risk infecting yoruself with this bacteria.
2006-11-05 14:38:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
we would more than likely only be able to chew our lips off, and that would provide the needed noureshment for maybe a day, or two....if you had some tools, like a saw or some razor wire, and a way to patch your face back up, you might be able to shave peices off of your face, like your ears, and the skin off of your nose and cheeks.....so, a week tops, of course the body can survive starving for well over a week as well on top of that. As for the taste, probably a bit salty, much like pork, with a sort of gamey flavour to it.
2006-11-05 14:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Chris B 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, actually, I don't believe we could live on feces. First off, it's absolutely disgusting to eat. Secondly, I believe it's toxic, after going through large intestine and anus.
2006-11-05 14:44:26 · answer #3 · answered by Greg S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we can. You can survive for at least seventeen weeks. As for the flavor, mine tastes remarkably like blueberry yogurt, but I'm sure it also depends upon the diet of the individual.
2015-05-31 16:08:25 · answer #4 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think so. feces is the food we ate with all of the nutrients taken out. it is literally all the crap that our body wants to get rid of. and it's loaded with germs. the natural flora that live in our intestines (including e. coli) comes out with the feces and if you eat it, you will probably get sick and/or die. although we all consume minute amounts of fecal matter every day (it's true!), eating large amounts of feces to survive will kill you faster than if you were starving to death.
2006-11-05 14:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's just wierd. No you can't live off the stuff. It's what either your body doesn't need or can't digest. Why would you even want to eat that anyway?
2006-11-05 14:45:45 · answer #6 · answered by lovemybabies04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok that's just nasty - and no. same as drinking your own urine. They are both your bodies way of getting rid of the toxins that kill you. Very dangerous bacteria resides in feces and urine is high in ammonia and toxicity. Think eColi.
2006-11-05 14:40:03 · answer #7 · answered by Stella Bing 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is possible to do it
i know i been there my self
but it taste pretty bad
but it is possible
most food passing though the body is not consumed
and nutralance in feces can be taking again
some animals live off feces
it is just a moral and disgusting thing for a human to do
but it will not hurt you
2006-11-05 15:08:54 · answer #8 · answered by Zara3 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
lol wow um ok i dont rlly think we can survive eating our face. i mean i dont know how to explain it but i just dont think well survive and we wont last dat long
2006-11-05 14:39:32 · answer #9 · answered by Hello 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why would one want to try? I know what it smells like, I certainly dont want to find out how it tastes
2006-11-05 14:46:00 · answer #10 · answered by jk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋