If a human ate a vegan diet.....?

Question

no meat or animal products (eggs, milk, cheese, etc),
would you be able to safely use that human's feces as compost or fertilizer?

to those who say you don't want feces in your garden, what do you think your veggies are usually fertilized with? Cow manure! Poop! It's usually put down on top of or mixed with the soil during planting. So can I have a real answer and now a "eww that's so gross" blonde answer?

and I meant for a vegetable garden, not flowers etc. Carnivores usually have problems with things like Mad Cow (hence the last spinach problem).

Answer 1

Well, first and foremost, the Human digestive system works in a totally different manner than that of cows, goats, horses, etc. We do not process whole wheats, corn, oats or other harsh, startchy plants as well as other animals. I believe it would be possible to use the feces for your garden, but it wouldn't be as good as cow manure because they process most of the startches out of the plants they eat.

Answer 2

The reason we don't use human feces in crops growing is simple. There is a direct link between the various vectors, disease, and conditions which would make us sick. Human feces is one on the most dangerous things in the world in regards to human health. That is why we have this system of waste treatment.

Does not matter what a person eats. That person health is the important thing. Being a vegan does not guarantee a better health. Just look at India.

Yes, cow and pig manure is used as a fertilizer. But not on crops like tomatoes and lettuce. Only on crops like corn and soybeans. And if a herd gets something like mad cow disease, then the manure has to be treated and destroyed.

Answer 3

Your diet will have an effect on the bacteria in human waste, but there is still a strong possibility that it will contain disease causing bacteria or parasites.

Human waste can be used as fertilizer but it has to be well composted first to inactivated the harmful bacteria. Places that use uncomposted human waste often have severe problems with bacterial diseases and parasites.

Animals such as cows are far less likely to carry bacteria harmful to humans so it is safer to use cow and horse manure directly on fields. Even so, in most places it is composted.

Answer 4

Fecal matter is used as fertilizer all the time. In fact, you can visit your local waste water treatment plant and get dirt that contains human fecal matter. Of course it has been heated and treated so that it is safe to use.

I don't see why a vegan diet would make much of a difference in this matter. Composted poop is composted poop. I don't recommend using it in your vegetable garden, but flowers etc. might work.

Answer 5

It can be hazardous to come into contact with improperly or incompletely composted human faeces, because it can contain bacteria and other pathogens associated with human disease.(Diet of the humans ; vegan or nonvegan; makes no difference)

For this reason, human waste should not be used as fertilizer without ensuring that it is composted thoroughly.
Humanure(Composted human manure) is different from night soil, which is raw human refuse spread on crops.This is obnoxious practice and dangerous for man and the crop alike!

When composting, the pile temperature may achieve temperatures of 40°-50° Celsius.

The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Wales recommends that in a cool temperate climate such as that experienced in the UK, where true thermophilic decomposition cannot be guaranteed, humanure should be allowed to break down for at least one year.

They also advise that humanure should not be used as a fertiliser on crops that are directly handled and eaten, such as vegetables or salad leaves, but instead applied as a mulch around bush or tree fruits. Joseph Jenkins, author and proponent of humanure composting, recommends using composted humanure on any and all agricultural products.

In some situations, the finished compost must be Pasteurized prior to disposal.

Governments provide operational definitions of Pasteurization, which requires heating to a certain temperature for a certain time.

In other situations, the finished compost must be sterilized, which requires more aggressive treatment and higher temperatures.

for greater details click on the links below -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composting_toilet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_soil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_urine#Fertilizers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humanure

Answer 6

It would be fine, if anything probably better. Just keep in mind though, that you need to make sure you are getting a proper balance of foods, aside from your question. Eating no animal products is very good but the protein needs are hard to meet without knowing about diet and combining essential foods(that compliment and provide a complete protein source). Keep in mind other fat associated items are lacking as well as some vitamins and minerals. Do not do a diet change this extreme with out actually being an expert in your own mind, on foods.
Keep in mind too, that good egg and dairy you raise yourself gives you a huge addition and variation to your diet with out major health issues, and keeps you from being an animal abuser threw the meat and dairy industry as it is. You can benefit from having farm animals as they provide a great addition to the farm in a hundred ways and not even as a meat.

Answer 7

You should do
Its good to your health, says the doctor
when you are old, the doctor says further:
. . . .No pork, or beef
. . . . No shrimp
. . . . No crabs
. . . . No hard drinks
. . . . don't smoke
. . . . No and lot more no
I advise you be a vegetarian. You are herbivorous.
. . . Here are the reasons why:
1. . . Your teeth is flat. according to a paleontologist
. . . . . it simply denote that human are vegetarians
. . . . . your teeth is not like cat, lion, tiger, dog their are .
. . . . sharp. they are born carneborous
2. . All nutrients found in a meat are also found in plants
. . . . . says the dietatian
. . . . . cow, goat basically eat only grass or leaves
3. . Animal meat are very crude says the mystic healer
. . . . animals at the moment of their death will secrete
. . . . hormone that they are angry, they have to fight. This .
. . . . hormone is spread to their body. Hormone is there.
. . . . when a person eat their meat, this hormone of hate
. . . . will be inside of a person who ate their meat. This
. . . . person is crude. Will tend to fight back and kill
4. .There are a lot of deceases derived from meat. There are
. . . . fat, cholesterol, atraites

Answer 8

Would it matter? Feces would still contain e. coli and other bacteria regardless of the diet because these bacteria are found in the body.

Is animal feces any cleaner? I wouldn't think so. Which is why we have to thoroughly clean our food.

Answer 9

i dont think so
"feces" [[or poop]] is the waste products and bacteria of whatever you eat
so i dont know if you want that in your garden
and it would stink :]]

Answer 10

yep,it is ususally used as fertilizer.