Would you eat poop to be skinny?

GiddyupTim

New York Times today has an article showing that the bacteria in your gut may determine whether you are skinny or chubby. They found this out be having mice eat poop from skinny people and heavy people.
Eating poop from skinny people produced skinny mice, and eating poop from fat people prodcued fat mice.
Which raises the question: Would you eat poop if it could make you skinny? Would it matter if it was a little or a lot?
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/health/gut-bacteria-from-thin-humans-can-slim-mice-down.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

JenAndSome

NO!

Jersey_Devil

that explains why the actresses in 2 girls 1 cup are so skinny.

JimDandy4

No.

BrainyBurro

IpuffyheartHeelsinthegym

annnnd barf.

EmilyOfTheSun

:sick: no no no no.

miss_jessiejane

fairie_marie

That IS NOT what that article says! They injected the bacterica into the mice first and saw the result. THEN the chubby mice were caught eating the skinny mices poop cuz well that is what animals do. They then saw the chubby mice's metabolism speed up and get skinny.

Unless you are out to just get crazy conversation started, you really need to read things like this completely and then quote them correctly. Atleast you posted your source so people can get the correct info.

LauraMacNCheese

M______

Where the poop at?

ice1200s

Do you really expect a yes answer from anybody?

WhatAnAss

BrainyBurro

in... for the funny gifs!

vtmoon

Man, if there is some sort of judgement day in the end of time, it will be rough for humanity if we are judged by our treatment of mice & rats.

I really wish I was there for that meeting when they decided to go with this research.

43932452

I wouldn't to save my life!

neandermagnon

there are much safer and more hygienic ways to get a particular strain of bacteria into your gut, than by eating poo

NOT recommended!!!

oh and eating poo on a regular basis probably will make you skinny through repeated bouts of gastroenteritis.

sinistras

Mary Roach discusses this a bit in her new book, GULP. People DO get "poop transfusions" to correct bowel issues. Although I have not heard of it being done for weight loss, or by eating it.

Heck, if I have "chubby" gut flora, I'd certainly like to know it and would have a poop transfusion if it would help me manage weight long term!

I did eat a big chunk of the placenta (raw, in a berry smoothie) from my last pregnancy to help restore iron levels post birth (it certainly helped!) so I'm not opposed to eating a skinny person's ___ I guess, if they could capsulate it? Or I will just stick to a transfusion and keep the whole experience out of my mouth.

skyekeeper

^^^^THIS

lindsyrox

Gross. The study DIDN'T have the mice eat people poop (or any poop) they 'transfered gut bacteria'. The mice on their own eat each others poop but thats not how the study was administered.

If I was unable to lose weight through normal exercise and healthy eating I'd definitly try a bacteria transfer

michael1976_ca

heck no

BringingSherriBack

Not just NO. But HELL NO!!! :huh: :noway:

WhiteLabRat

THEN the chubby mice were caught eating the skinny mices poop cuz well that is what animals do.

Don't judge me

jonnythan

Interesting, because I was fat and then became not fat, all without eating any poop. I wonder how I changed my bacteria.

BrainyBurro

THEN the chubby mice were caught eating the skinny mices poop cuz well that is what animals do.

Don't judge me

seems legit.

khadijak17

THIS ^^^^

odusgolp

http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzc510ewbU1qixdx0o1_500.gif

Insert that gif here (but I won't really b/c there's a naughty word).

danger2oneself2

I will be charging $100 per pound of poop. Poop goes on a first come first serve basis HMU with a PM for details....sincerely your *kitten* distributor :happy:

The_Enginerd

IZackV13

If Bear Grylls wouldn't do it, neither would I. Poop ain't happenin' in Man vs. Wild.

mommabenefield

in... for the funny gifs!

good lord! Who could eat that much popcorn!


oh and OP