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This would destroy your gut microbiome so bad idea. But yes I think it would work.
by b_tterc_p 7y ago
This would destroy your gut microbiome so bad idea.
But yes I think it would work.
- TheSpiceIsLife 7y agoI don’t think it would work. A human with a borked digestive system will be incredible unfit. Cows have a fundamentally different digestive tract, and I’m going to guess antibiotics suppress or eliminate cow digestive tract biota that are normally commensal but for whatever reason slow their growth, either by consuming nutrients or excreting signally molecules, or otherwise contributing to a cascade.
- gingabriska 7y agoDigestive system of chicken looks similar to humans and it works on them, so what gives?
- b_tterc_p 7y agoI don’t think we know the mechanism by which anti biotics cause growth. I personally think the parent is correct but I don’t know why s/he implies it wouldn’t work for humans. I hypothesize that gut flora eat food in your stomach, breaking it down faster so it passes through your gut before being absorbed, and by eating the nutrients themselves. If you have no gut flora, more will be absorbed by your system. I similarly hypothesize that you could do a poop transfusion of skinny people with excellent metabolisms to aid in weight loss for fat people with terrible metabolisms.