Meat from Feces Claimed Healthier Than the Original Meat

News Health Articles - Meat from Feces Claimed Healthier Than the Original Meat. Mankind has been trying to find every way to find a new source of meat, from cloned animals until chewing insects. A Japanese scientist has other ideas than others, which makes the flesh of human feces.

Disposal system in Tokyo serving over 13 million people to the area about 2,200 square kilometers. Population size that must be handled raises an unusual problem that is too much mud in the gutter which is actually a human feces.



This problem is bothering Mitsuyuki Ikeda, a researcher at the Laboratory of Okayama to figure out how to take advantage of this waste. He then made the idea to create waste that can be eaten. This idea obviously would break the appetite, but still the question arises: whether the 'meat' is safe to eat?

The original Meat is made of 63 percent protein, 25 percent carbohydrates, 3 per cent fat and 9 percent minerals. Because the stool is a breeding ground for bacteria, then Ikeda had to kill bacteria and extract the proteins.

Soy protein in this mixture is added to enhance flavor and food coloring used to make 'meat' looks red. Some chemicals are also added to 'meat' are more textured.

Ikeda said that in early testing, steaks from the 'flesh' has a slightly disguised flavor of beef. Nevertheless, he still worried about the main obstacles in the marketing of 'meat' of this, the obstacle is psychological.

"I admit that not many people who would be interested to eat it if you know it's made from human feces," he added as reported DailyTech.com, Friday (30/12/2011).

This should be a concern, the article of synthetic meat course was still difficult to accept by many. For the problem of price, Ikeda said that the price may be not much different from the original price of meat.

"At the time of the study, we made meat 10-20 times more expensive than regular meat. But after the research is completed and will be marketed, we may be able to provide the same price as ordinary meat," he said.

'Meat' new is claimed to be healthier than real meat because it is an ideal blend of protein, carbohydrates, fats and minerals. Small fat content makes 'meat' is more healthy than animal flesh. Not only that, Ikeda's work can also help reduce greenhouse gas emissions produced by livestock.

"In the world of food, we will say that we are not going to eat dirt ('do not eat poop'). But if any will eat it, make sure it is cooked, '" said Douglas Powell, associate professor at Kansas State University food.