Would you eat feces?

[MrFun]

Given that just about any food we eat has either naturally occurring chemicals or synthetic chemicals, and that most people have no problem with this as long as bacteria is removed from the food and it tastes good, I thought I'd ask this question:

Would you eat feces if chemicals were used to remove bacteria, and then other chemicals were used to make the feces taste good?

[Hauldren Collider]

If it tasted good, and wasn't harmful, sure. But considering that crap is generally composed of the stuff that we can't eat anyways (which is why we crap it out of our system), that seems awfully unlikely.

[loinburger]

Eat recycled food - it's good for the environment, and okay for you

[MrFun]

If it tasted good, and wasn't harmful, sure. But considering that crap is generally composed of the stuff that we can't eat anyways (which is why we crap it out of our system), that seems awfully unlikely.

Why can't we eat that stuff? There's cyanide in almonds and we can eat almonds safely.

[Hauldren Collider]

Why would feces have any nutritional value? There's a reason that it's the leftovers from the digestive process.

[MrFun]

You and I eat junk food everyday that has no nutritional value.

[Hauldren Collider]

False. In fact, it has excess nutritional value. Which is why people become fat from eating it.

[loinburger]

Why can't we eat that stuff? There's cyanide in almonds and we can eat almonds safely.

Drink a bottle of cyanide and let us know what happens

[MrFun]

Drink a bottle of cyanide and let us know what happens

Wouldn't that just make your day?

[MrFun]

False. In fact, it has excess nutritional value. Which is why people become fat from eating it.

No - a lot of the calories in junk food comes from sugar and bad fat.

[loinburger]

No - a lot of the calories in junk food comes from sugar and bad fat.

Sugar and "bad" fat = nutrients, you twit. How many calories are in a pound of feces? How many MrFun Approved carbohydrates, how much protein, how many MrFun Approved fats? I guarantee that a pound of potato chips provides far more calories than a pound of feces, no matter how much corn and peanuts the donor has been eating.

[Al B. Sure!]

No - a lot of the calories in junk food comes from sugar and bad fat.

bad fat? bad fat?

[MrFun]

Sugar and "bad" fat = nutrients, you twit. How many calories are in a pound of feces? How many MrFun Approved carbohydrates, how much protein, how many MrFun Approved fats? I guarantee that a pound of potato chips provides far more calories than a pound of feces, no matter how much corn and peanuts the donor has been eating.

Fine - they're unhealthy sources of nutrients then.

[loinburger]

You didn't answer my question. How much nutrition can you get from a pound of feces? How does this compare to non-liberal-arts-approved things like "pink slime" or chicken mcnuggets?

[loinburger]

If this thread is anything like any other food thread we've had here lately, then no doubt the answer is "I'm sure that feces have more nutritional value than chicken mcnuggets, and somehow it's up to you to prove otherwise."