Grossed out does not even begin to describe how I feel right now. I'm not sure I'll be able to have lunch. Oh who am I kidding, of course I'll have lunch, but not until I'm done telling you about how baby poop may be good for your health. YUCK! You see scientists in Spain took fecal samples from infants up to 6 months old, cultured some bacteria from the baby poop, and then added that bacteria to fermented sausages. What in the what? Why would anyone want to take a bi-product of caca, even if it is baby caca, and add it to food?
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Well, baby poo has probiotics in it like Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium at much higher levels than grown up poo poo. Probiotics are thought to be good for your gut health and help with digestion. Sure you could just eat yogurt and get you some probiotics, but I guess these scientists are thinking that adding probiotics to sausages with the help of baby poop would be a good way for people who don't eat dairy to get the benefits of probiotics in their food. That all makes sense, but as far as I'm concerned, dookie is dookie.
Are you kidding me with this? The scientists point out that there is no actual poop in the sausage and I understand that, but my gag factor does not. You see, if you cultured bacteria from baby caca and then put it in something I'm going to eat, no matter how much you tell me it is not caca, Imma still think there is caca involved because you needed caca to make it. I guess I'm just not sophisticated enough to handle this scientific approach. I'll stick to yogurt, thank you very much. Please don't mess with my chorizo.
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