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It's thought we can digest some cellulose already. And there's no reason to not think we couldn't increase that. For the general population digesting more fibr
by aaron695 4y ago
It's thought we can digest some cellulose already. And there's no reason to not think we couldn't increase that.
For the general population digesting more fibre would bad, but to be able to eat leaves and grass for a while would be interesting.
Humans have intestinal bacteria that degrade the plant cell walls in herbivores https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661373/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8661373/