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To: Dead Corpse

You are not a horse or cow. Humans don’t use bacterial processes to break down food.

Ruminants have special stomachs, and the bacteria generally breakdown cellulose. Humans have a single chamber stomach, and cannot digest cellulose (even fat people).


21 posted on 12/19/2012 7:00:26 AM PST by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Triple

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/brainwaves/2012/09/12/the-food-fight-in-your-guts-why-bacteria-will-change-the-way-you-think-about-calories/


27 posted on 12/19/2012 7:18:40 AM PST by Dead Corpse (I will not comply.)
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