The world of athletes is one where being the best is well the only thing anyone really strives for. Not just for the money but for that personal feeling of accomplishment. For as long as sports have been around, forms of cheating have followed. It looks like now those ways of cheating have a bit too extreme. As the article by nypost states;
Apparently, getting a fecal transplant from a competitive cyclist can boost your body’s ability to convert food into energy, at least according to microbiologist Lauren Petersen.
Now you're probably wondering, how in the hell did she discover this? It turns out that Lauren had Lyme disease and after aggressive treatment via anti-biotics, it helped ease the disease. The downside was that she had no microbes to help her digest her food, and upon having her stomach tested found traces of E.coli.
She did what any sane person would think of doing, she gave herself a fecal transplant from a competitive cyclist. The article goes on to report that;
The results were astounding. Shortly after the transplant, she was able to train five days a week instead of her usual two and she was able to move from amateur to pro endurance bike racing.
This had something to do with a microorganism called Prevotella, that is commonly found in only the top of percentage of athletes.
She plans to help change the cycling world, and all competitive sports.
What do you all think about this, seeing as you could go from a coach potato to feeling like an athlete with one poop transplant.
The Human Centipede begins
This is incredible. I nearly shit myself
wait, how does one actually get a fecal transplant? is it just getting some of the microbes from the good poo and somehow injecting that into your own gut?
this is craptastic.
Yeah, but nowadays you can ingest it directly via tablets.
Is there a Shit bank I can donate to? Maybe it is called UBS. United Bank of Shit?
The New Yorker did a long read on fecal transplants a few years back. Recommend reading the next time you have explosive diarrhea at 3am after too much Chipotle:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/12/01/excrement-experiment/amp
[quote="Thomas Pynchon"] The New Yorker did a few years back. Recommend reading the next time you have explosive diarrhea at 3am after too much Chipotle:
chipotle sits just fine with me , thank you very much
That just sounds shitty.
Fecal transplants have solved all kinds of health issues, not just increased athletic performance. People on the Standard American Diet trash their gut microbiomes (many are trash from birth due to unhealthy mothers, oversanitization, and C-sections) and then are confused why they have poor health. So you force a colony of healthy bacteria in there. Doesn't work unless lifestyle changes as well.
So telling someone to "eat shit" will now mean you care for someone's health. Like you may start saying that to your mom now out of genuine concern for her health.
LOL this deserved a SB
...and here I was thinking that the Camel Crew was advanced...
How does this work? Do you eat the shit or stuff it in the back door?
My god journalism these days..
This is reasonably solid journalism on a scientific advancement that hasn't received due attention. Not everything is Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un you know.
so basically a healthy gut is very important
Can you do pee as well? I want to order the full package
Imagine valuating a company who did this.. the discounted crap flow will be insane...
We'll be seeing more of Crap Volumes/EBITDA then
Where is @PrestigiousPete when you need him, pretty sure he knows a thing or two about elitist doo doo.
I need this like I need another hole in my ass
The next big thing? Interorectogestion. You shove food up your arse, and poop out your mouth. It'll revolutionize the nutrition and supplement industry.
And toilet paper.
So do they have to get a poop transplant after every meal?
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