Eating poop for weight loss?!?!
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It looks like we have plunged to new depths with this thread
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emmycantbemeeko wrote: »Fecal transplants are a real medical procedure performed for people who have serious GI problems to re-establish a healthy gut biome, but they're performed by doctors and via the more, uh, logical route for getting things in to the intestines, and don't involve eating poop.
This exactly! I can also confirm that I have read up on this while having a lot of digestive issues. It's relatively new from what I understand and is a much more efficient than taking probiotics as the bacteria is added right to where it is needed and not destroyed by the digestive enzymes. There are also billions of probiotics in a healthy digestive system. Many more than you will find in any probiotic pill.
BUT it is for people with digestive issues. I think it's a little extreme for weight loss lol. But im no doctor/scientist/poopologist0 -
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This idea is apparently being tested. And if a company got wind of the trials it wouldn't surprise me that they are selling it. I didn't see anything for sale online in my 20 second search though.
http://www.sciencealert.com/human-trials-will-test-freeze-dried-poop-pills-as-a-weight-loss-treatment0 -
Wendy77685 wrote: »bionicrooster wrote: »juggernaut1974 wrote: »I have to ask...what sorts of publications are you reading that you keep coming across these articles?
(I may be sorry I asked)
exactly what I was thinking!
I actually read about the study in an article I just cam across randomly in Women's Health Magazine. Then I googled it and then a lot of other articles came up, so I was wondering if anyone else had heard of it too - BECAUSE it sounds crazy to me that anyone would fall for that or do that in reality. BTW I was in no way referring to the actual medical procedure many of you are referring to, I am aware of fecal transplants, and these are two different things...
It's actually not all that different if the capsules are coated with something that will not dissolve until it's moved far enough along in the gut.0 -
I would be worried about diseases that can be transmitted via fecal-oral route. Some examples: c. Diff, hepatitis a/e, cholera, typhoid fever, e. Coli, tape worms, the list continues. You can bet a company that is looking to make money from this, is likely not following good screening practices for these diseases.0
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If all I had to do to drop pounds was to choke down a couple poop capsules, I'd be in.0
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I would be worried about diseases that can be transmitted via fecal-oral route. Some examples: c. Diff, hepatitis a/e, cholera, typhoid fever, e. Coli, tape worms, the list continues. You can bet a company that is looking to make money from this, is likely not following good screening practices for these diseases.
fecal transplant is a common treatment for c diff0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »I would be worried about diseases that can be transmitted via fecal-oral route. Some examples: c. Diff, hepatitis a/e, cholera, typhoid fever, e. Coli, tape worms, the list continues. You can bet a company that is looking to make money from this, is likely not following good screening practices for these diseases.
fecal transplant is a common treatment for c diff
Fecal transplant is different than consuming feces. It is also regulated and performed under a physicians care. Very different scenario than consuming feces from a company.0 -
Need2Exerc1se wrote: »I would be worried about diseases that can be transmitted via fecal-oral route. Some examples: c. Diff, hepatitis a/e, cholera, typhoid fever, e. Coli, tape worms, the list continues. You can bet a company that is looking to make money from this, is likely not following good screening practices for these diseases.
fecal transplant is a common treatment for c diff
Yes, a fecal transplant using feces from an individual with healthy gut flora, which is administered by a physician and has been properly screened for communicable diseases, is a common treatment for C. diff.
C. diff is a fecal/oral route disease. Which means you can get it by ingesting fecal matter with the C. diff bacteria. Elphie was saying that a company looking to make a buck selling *kitten* capsules for weight loss is probably not going to be screening said *kitten* very carefully for communicable diseases.0 -
It totally works! Just the idea makes me sick, I've completely lost my appetite!0
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Need2Exerc1se wrote: »I would be worried about diseases that can be transmitted via fecal-oral route. Some examples: c. Diff, hepatitis a/e, cholera, typhoid fever, e. Coli, tape worms, the list continues. You can bet a company that is looking to make money from this, is likely not following good screening practices for these diseases.
fecal transplant is a common treatment for c diff
Fecal transplant is different than consuming feces. It is also regulated and performed under a physicians care. Very different scenario than consuming feces from a company.
It's actually not that different under similar conditions. Are there companies selling poo capsules? I couldn't find any on a quick search. Or are you talking hypothetically?0 -
Hearts_2015 wrote: »Wendy77685 wrote: »I keep coming across these articles about a new trend in eating other people's freeze dried poop in capsules for weight loss. They say the idea is that thin people have different bacteria in their gut than obese people, and therefore obese people could benefit from eating thin people's poop.
Is this for real???? Has anyone else ever heard of this? I can't imagine that anyone would want to do that, but I guess maybe people get desperate and will try anything?
The fact that you have to ask if it's real is rather frightening!
It actually IS a real thing.... Disgusting and awful, but true
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Substitute the word "poop" for intestinal flora. And yes it is a thing. Which is showing results.
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-gut-bacteria-help-make-us-fat-and-thin/
http://science.sciencemag.org/content/328/5975/228.abstract
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Dr. Elaine Yu of the Massachusetts General Hospital is conducting a six week study this year.0
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What the hell0
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Yes, I've heard of it in cases of people who have extreme issues in that they have no intestinal "flora" at all. I've not heard of it being used for weight loss.
It is not something I would ever consider for weight loss. If someone I know thought it was something to try, I'm not sure it's something I would support, but would tell them to have a SERIOUSLY long conversation with a qualified Bariatric Doctor on the pro's and con's of something like that before making any decisions.0 -
Probably not considered "clean eating".0
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Are you *kitten* me? What a load of crap. Total BS. This diet isnt worth the crap it refers to.
Question...would you actually eat poop? Think about it.... If it looks like *kitten* and smells like *kitten*...it is *kitten*.0 -
Sounds like the old eat tapeworms to lose weight gross bs0
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Never heard of this so I had to google it. It's real and seems legit. From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/innovations/wp/2016/01/14/eating-poop-pills-could-make-you-thin-seriously/0
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Not sure what I expected when I clicked this thread.
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Found the listing for the doctor episode about it, it aired today.
And i thought the idea was just full of crap.
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Will cat poop work? I'd like to make money selling it. My cats eat clean purina cat chow.0
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