lousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agoI'd have to hear her argument, but...lemmy.sdf.orgimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up11.25Karrow-down130
arrow-up11.22Karrow-down1imageI'd have to hear her argument, but...lemmy.sdf.orglousyd@lemmy.sdf.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 27 days agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squarerepungnant_canary@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·27 days agoWait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
minus-squareAVincentInSpace@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-226 days agoMy bad – looks like I misread the Google summary. A healthy turd is 75% water, and of what’s left, around 25-50% is made up of microbes.
minus-squareFlocklesscrow@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·26 days agoThe second most significant ingredient after water is bacterial biomass — both alive and dead organisms; this makes up 25–54 percent of the dry weight of poop. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324254#:~:text=The second most significant ingredient,walls of the gastrointestinal tract.
Wait, do you have a source for the 50% number?
My bad – looks like I misread the Google summary. A healthy turd is 75% water, and of what’s left, around 25-50% is made up of microbes.
The second most significant ingredient after water is bacterial biomass — both alive and dead organisms; this makes up 25–54 percent of the dry weight of poop.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324254#:~:text=The second most significant ingredient,walls of the gastrointestinal tract.