Dietry advice

Are you happy with your Body and Lifestyle?

  • Yes

    Votes: 4 44.4%
  • No

    Votes: 5 55.6%

  • Total voters
    9

Merckx

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Merckx

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Why can't we eat grass?

Many animals can digest foods that we people can't use at all. If we ate the grass on our lawn, it wouldn't do us much good - we would slowly starve if that were all we had to eat. Grass and other plants have plenty of the chemicals that we need to live and grow, but our digestive tracts can't digest them and so we can't use those nutrients. But a cow will eat grass or hay and little else and do just fine. What's the difference between us and the cow? The answer is in those extra "stomachs" and what lives there.
 

Merckx

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Theres nothing saying we cant eat grass, we just cant absorb the nutrients so theres not much point in eating it really. But if you want to eat it i cant see why not! haha
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
It just seems odd that we can manage all sorts of green leaves, cooked or raw, and yet grass is beyond us, except for the seeds.
 

Merckx

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Yeah i know where your coming from. I cant imagine it tastes very nice even if we could eat it aha
 

darben

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Don't know the science but I think it's something to do with evolution , discovery of fire & using cooking as part of the initial digestion process so we can't break a lot of things down in our gut - raw meat, grass etc... anymore
 

Gramaisc

Forum O. G.
Don't know the science but I think it's something to do with evolution , discovery of fire & using cooking as part of the initial digestion process so we can't break a lot of things down in our gut - raw meat, grass etc... anymore

The Turkish dish çiğ köfte features raw meat, minced beef or lamb usually... I'm sure there's others around the world.



Rather like 'our own' steak tartare.
 

proactive

Enjoying a drop of red.
On a serious note, are mussels good for you? I love the things particularly drenched in garlic, but have no idea whether they are good for me or not.
 

Merckx

Well-Known Forumite
Mussels contain high levels of long chain fatty acids EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) and DHA (docosahexaenoic acid). These fats have many beneficial effects, including improving brain function and reducing inflammatory conditions, such as arthritis. Mussels are also a brilliant source of vitamins. Plus they give you a shot of important minerals, such as zinc, which helps build immunity. Mussels even contain levels of iron and folic acid to rival red meats.
 
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