Yep, you read that right. Maybe not a warm glass but a little pooh milkshake kind of thing. It is called fecal bacteriotherapy. Apparently when the billions of symbiotic bacteria in your gullet get all out of whack or destroyed a glass of poopy recharges it.
This is serious, I ain’t playing. The article, via Boing Boing by way of the Washington Post, outlines the fecal transplant.
Here are my favorite excerpts
Me: It is, in effect, a human poop transplant?
Nice, makes you a transplant survivor right, but this one has a brown ribbon to wear during doo-doo Transplant Awareness Week (always schedule post though, they pick the shittiest week of the year)
Me: And how is this transplant done?
Dr. Aas: Through a tube down into the patient’s stomach. A naso-gastric tube.
Me: It goes in through the nose?
Dr. Aas: Or the mouth, yes.
Yummy!!
Dr. Aas: Oh yes. You wouldn’t believe the [flora] I have taken from colleagues since publishing that paper.
I guess saying he did a shitty job would be a proper complement in this case.
I have a few questions:
- Does it come in flavors? I personally like vanilla.
- What color is it? If it isn’t a natural brown do they use artificial colors?
- Is this organ donation covered under the sticker on your driver’s license or can it be a live donor situation?
- Do the people that make poop shakes tell other people that they make poop shakes.
- If it is a living organism (read the article) does that mean you are committing a type of murder every-time you flush and should we let the creatures free instead?
Having this procedure would also assure you of plenty of bar bet fodder. I know that you will think of this next time you poop.
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