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plants are made mostly of water and cellulose... water can be absorbed into the body... cellulose (a sugar) CANNOT BE DIGESTED BY HUMANS!! it is completely UNDIGESTABLE!! you shit it straight out...
there are some other minerals and stuff in plants that humans can use, but only traces.
so it seems that biology IS still taught today, but obviously only by me.
not leaves, not grass, not petals...we dont eat plants <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif"> we get our nutrients from animals that have digested the plants
we also cant break down cellulose - hence the chunks of sweetcorn in faeces
*wonders if biology was every taught*
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Duh, and how do we get these nutrients? Would it be through digestion?
What about lettuce? What about nettles? What about cabbages? Which part of these do you eat?
What are vegetables if they are not plants?
i get the feeling this post wasnt too definitieve.
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
~ Nietzsche
no, it wouldn't. go buy a textbook.
and yes, i am aware that vegetables are plants.
[This message has been edited by the_Paranoid_bunny (edited 08-07-2001).]
this is true. that is why vegetables and salads are often referred to as "rabbit food". that's exactly what it is! <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/tongue.gif">
So this miraculous textbook is going to explain how, having eaten a plant, we manage to absorb nutrients from that plant without any form of digestion?
How else do we get nutrients from our food if not from the digestive process?
"Mad Lizzie Crumb's blind cobblers thumbs"
absorption isnt digestion
absorption isnt digestion
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So, what enables us to absorb the nutrients, what releases them from the plant?
Is it;
A. The plant gets into your body and thinks "Oh I'm in a body, better release all my nutrients, before the cellulose mulch left over is excreted, at which point the nutrients burrow their way through the intestinal wall and into the bloodstream"
or
B. The stomach and intestines release enzymes and amino acids which break down the plant releasing the nutrients and allowing them to be absorbed into the bloodstream, before the mulch is excreted.
If you answered A, then I suggest that you return to you text books and read again. You could also vist http://www.about.com/ and ask about omnivores.
If you answered B, then you have successfully described the human digestive process. Congratulations.
wasnt aware plants just "release" nutrients after all that hard work of actually getting them from the soil via active uptake and producing food through photosynthesis. ah well, must have been wrong then!!
i know its a colon and not a semi-colon for a start, but you don't get english text books do ya <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif">
again, i didn't think plants just "release" nutrients after working so hard to get them in the first instance <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/smile.gif">
enzymes don't break up anything we absorb, they are merely biological catalysts to speed up the process. amino acids and other chemicals are released to break down parts of the animals we have eaten in an attempt to get the particles small enough to be absorbed into the bloodsteam. vegetables and the like are mostly water and vitamins, in which case are not heavily broken down to be absorbed, the "digestion" of vegetables and "plants" as you like to call them is very quick and occurs mainly chemically, being absorbed into the body more quickly than other, larger particles with stronger bonding that require more mechanical as well as chemical digestion.
i believe if i answered either i wouldnt have fully described anything about the human digestive system but then again i havent learnt everything from text books and have relied on the knowledge of a few friends with PhDs in biological areas to teach me areas of interest
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http://biology.about.com/library/organs/bldigestlargeint4.htm?terms=Omnivore
Oi. George W. <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.stopstart.fsnet.co.uk/smilie/flip.gif">
lol its gone a bit off the subject..
i dont think MOK was definitively trying to descrive human digestion, just an outline. i do/did a level biology and his B sounds pretty accurate in an outline kinda way.
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
~ Nietzsche
we were comparing notes <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif"> <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">
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he was describing rabbit digestion, i checked the link he posted...
but FUCK IT can we talk about food during sex and foreplay now? please?
I was describing microbial fermentation, which is used by humans as well as rabbits. While it gives us gas and a few calories it does more for the rabbit. but it is STILL a way in which humans digest plants.
'Twas a full and frank exchange of views.
As for the post, I have answered. Yes I use food, especially cream and chocolate.
But no plants.
At least not directly <IMG alt="image" SRC="http://www.thesite.org/ubb/biggrin.gif">