Eating poop for weight loss?!?!

tracymn925 wrote: »

Lol Im seriously gagging right now.

Must have got the large size capsule !

Smh

For once I'm speechless

Even if it's real, it won't be healthy for you. You can eat your own poop to only have a minor stomach problem, yes. But eating other's poop is the same as you asking to be hospitalized. The different bacteria will only causes problems to those who ate others' poop.

So, is it real? Perhaps, Japan made chips out of human poop before and marketed it.
Is it healthy? No, absolutely not.

It works! I don't see why everyone is poking fun at this. It is the only way I've lost my weight. But freeze drying is not as good as farm to table fresh out of the sphincter, because the gut flora in the poo gets killed when subject to extreme temperature.

There are web sites devoted to people who enjoy eating poo. Check it out. Good luck on your weight loss journey!

EW. Just EWW.

MikeSanchez2323 wrote: »

I googled it, and this is just one of the articles I found talking about a new study to see if it would help with weight loss. It is different than what has been done for years with fecal transplants, this would be taking it orally in capsule form for weight loss. They haven't started the study yet, but it looks like you can still sign up! haha https://www.myliporidex.com/blog/should_you_eat_poop_to_lose_weight/

That is hilarious article...LOL

Curios to see how the study goes.

VoiceWithNoValue wrote: »

Even if it's real, it won't be healthy for you. You can eat your own poop to only have a minor stomach problem, yes. But eating other's poop is the same as you asking to be hospitalized. The different bacteria will only causes problems to those who ate others' poop.

So, is it real? Perhaps, Japan made chips out of human poop before and marketed it.
Is it healthy? No, absolutely not.

This isn't true actually. Well eating poo might cause stomach problems but I'm sure the idea is to get the poo past the stomach and into the lower gut. Fecal transplants are not an uncommon medical practice. This is the same concept, just a different route.

fitmumnz wrote: »

sounds unusual... don't think I would be keen on eating someone elses poop lol

Um...I wouldn't even be interested in eating my own poop! I did see this floating around on facebook, but then again I see so...much...crap...on facebook.

I have to quote an old wise and only slightly sarcastic lady I know.... ' Eat poop - billions of flies can't be wrong'
(She'd say that often when people just blindly followed or gave 'advice' about stupid stuff)

Disgusting.

tracymn925 wrote: »

Lol Im seriously gagging right now.

Maybe chop it up a little first?

The article makes it sound as if the diet you eat leads to the particular gut population you have. One example of this is how immediately going from low veg or low fiber diets to higher ones can lead to intestinal troubles, but once you adjust you are able to deal easily (if otherwise healthy). Same with other situations where humans initially have trouble with and then adapt to new foods (some discussed in Matt Fitzgerald's Diet Cults). Thus, for the average person who is obese and has been eating a poor diet, a fecal pill (ugh) seems like a short cut past the need to just change your diet and eat better. I wouldn't do it. I'd much rather do the work of fixing it through other means.

The exception would be if there was some internal problem leading to the issue or perhaps where one has killed off too many of them to repopulate through other means (as a side effect to extensive antibiotic use or some such, I suppose).

rainbowbow wrote: »

lemurcat12 wrote: »

The article makes it sound as if the diet you eat leads to the particular gut population you have. One example of this is how immediately going from low veg or low fiber diets to higher ones can lead to intestinal troubles, but once you adjust you are able to deal easily (if otherwise healthy). Same with other situations where humans initially have trouble with and then adapt to new foods (some discussed in Matt Fitzgerald's Diet Cults). Thus, for the average person who is obese and has been eating a poor diet, a fecal pill (ugh) seems like a short cut past the need to just change your diet and eat better. I wouldn't do it. I'd much rather do the work of fixing it through other means.

The exception would be if there was some internal problem leading to the issue or perhaps where one has killed off too many of them to repopulate through other means (as a side effect to extensive antibiotic use or some such, I suppose).

to be fair, it can also be done viacolonoscopy, endoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or enema. If the swallowing thing is the specific gross factor.

It just seems like a quick fix -- if someone has problems with their gut population due to a poor diet, then taking a pill to fix it seems like a bad way out (and likely to be a waste if the person kept eating the same way). I'd feel differently if the problems resulted from another cause.

Also, the whole thing seems disgusting to me, however it gets there, even though I understand it can be a legitimate therapeutic procedure and wouldn't let my squick factor govern in the case of illness (and the various other conditions you mentioned).