Urban humans have largely lost their ability to digest plants

[BackInTheGame78]

Not surprising...if you don't eat certain foods regularly, the bacteria responsible for digesting them gets "outcompeted" by the bacteria for the foods you normally eat and eventually disappears completely until you begin eating that food again.

Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants

Rural populations still have lots of the gut bacteria that break down cellulose.

arstechnica.com

 

[EyeBRollin]

This must explain why meat now gives me a stomachache.

 

[Pandora]

Civilization was a disaster for humans. Yet more evidence.

 

[BaronOfHair]

Not surprising...if you don't eat certain foods regularly, the bacteria responsible for digesting them gets "outcompeted" by the bacteria for the foods you normally eat and eventually disappears completely until you begin eating that food again.

Urban humans have lost much of their ability to digest plants

Rural populations still have lots of the gut bacteria that break down cellulose.

arstechnica.com

With Marijuana being all but legalized, and the consumption Gummies soaring with each passing week, a large section of humanity may regain this ability very soon

 

[JackTripper]

A lot of it is probably due to plant pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, fluoride, GMO, and who knows what else