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Can humans digest grass

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FairySong

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No I once tried it and just pooped it out... seriously my poo was florescent green! Chlorophyll is found in plants, and plants and humans are very much different. If you don't believe me buy some and let the colourful poo flow through you. ;)

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humans cannot digest grass

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How does animals digest grass but not human?

Animals have a circulation that humans don't have


Can you eat grass?

Grass has cellulose, which humans do not have the bacteria to digest, like cows or horses do. You can eat it, but you can't really digest it for energy. Also, something about not having a working appendix.


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Why do not humans eat grass and peels of vegetables?

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The major carbohydrate is cellulose. This is the form of carbohydrate we as humans can't digest. Starches are for us :)


Why herbivores can use grass as a food but human cannot?

herbivores have special digestive system which allows them to digest grass . earlier humans were also able to eat grass when there was no tradition or science to eat cooked food .but with the increase of science, humans started eating cooked food while ignoring raw food like grass,leaves. with time,human's digestive organs that were used to digest raw food (grass,leaves) became extinct.that is y now humans are not able to digest grass


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With high stomach acid levels, we as humans can pretty much digest most organic materials and compounds, however at one point humans were able to digest grass and leaves and one point thousands of years ago. Evidence is found in our appendix a small useless organ that at one point secreted enzymes that helped digest leaves/grass, with evolution this organ wasn't necessary and slowly shrank giving no function to the body. People can live without the appendix.


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