"The stuff inside the human body..."
The village chief stood there with his mouth open, stunned, taking a full ten seconds to react, "You an..."
Li Ang smiled and said, "If I'm not mistaken, your village's ancestors, when in their Original Ghoul form, were probably quite savage and cruel, right?"
"Uh..."
The village chief hesitated and nodded, "Long, long ago, we were probably like the ghouls from the outside world, purely beasts, who would rip open animals and eat them from the entrails to the limbs, until everything was devoured."
But after being enlightened by the Sacred Mountain, we beca much more civilized,
No longer attacking living humans, only consuming animals or human corpses,
And even then, the consumption is selective,
We would hold very secretive gatherings regularly, going through strict cooking procedures like steaming or boiling, avoiding the head and face, to so extent preserving the dignity of the creature—though it sounds hypocritical, we are really ashad of the ugliness of our own race,
Every ti we eat, we try to ignore the fact that we are consuming corpses as much as possible.
For decades, since no Hero Team has appeared,
We've no longer needed to hold secret gatherings; each household occasionally eats the poultry and livestock they raise themselves..."
The village chief paused, suddenly rembering,
Earlier, when Li Ang was conducting consultations in the village square, alongside the usual checks, he would casually inquire about seemingly unrelated information,
Such as the types of crops in the village, daily dietary sources of villagers, cooking thods, eating habits, etc.
At that ti, the village chief only thought it was standard questioning from a doctor, not realizing that he was already gathering crucial information.
Li Ang smiled and said, "Your village once did a lot of work to disguise the fact that you are ghouls from the outside world Hero Team,
To make yourselves more 'civilized', you actively changed the villagers' eating habits,
Eating mostly vegetarian als on normal days, rarely eating at, and cooking the at when they do,
Fearful of triggering the bloodthirsty impulse inherent in the bloodline by eating fresh flesh.
This dietary tradition
Ultimately went against your inherent nature as ghouls, resulting in the dire consequence of early aging symptoms."
Li Ang glanced at the village chief and said, "The essence of ghouls eating humans is actually to obtain the vast number of bacteria in the human intestinal tract.
Over 99% of microorganisms in the human gut are various bacteria, which can be divided into 500 to 1000 species, with a total number of genes exceeding that of humans by more than a hundred tis, intimately related to various aspects of human growth and health.
Generally speaking, the gut microbiota can be divided into symbiotic, conditionally pathogenic, and pathogenic bacteria.
Symbiotic bacteria, or beneficial bacteria, such as bifidobacteria, and lactobacilli, can synthesize essential vitamins for human growth and developnt, such as vitamins B1, B2, B6, vitamin K, as well as various amino acids like aspartic acid and phenylalanine,
Involved in food digestion, promoting intestinal motility, and inhibiting the growth of harmful bacteria.
Conditionally pathogenic bacteria, like enterococci and Enterobacteriaceae, are few in number but are unstable factors. When the human body is healthy, the harmful bacteria are suppressed by the more nurous beneficial bacteria, but when a person is less healthy, the harmful bacteria can cause various intestinal diseases.
As for pathogenic bacteria, such as Salmonella and pathogenic E. coli, they usually do not belong to the gut, and when ingested by mistake, they can cause intestinal diseases, diarrhea, food poisoning, etc.
Since everyone's growth conditions, eating habits, and daily routines are different from childhood to adulthood, everyone's intestinal microbiota will differ,
You can think of it as a chaotic, dynamic balance, and a fascinating vast system,
Like a complex organ parasitizing in your organs."
Li Ang, in an enthusiastic tone, smiled and said, "The gut microbiota is like a Demon Pet, needing careful nurturing and protection,
Eat more vegetables rich in fiber and fernted foods rich in probiotics, maintain regular eating and sleeping habits, avoid overeating, eat less high-calorie and high-fat foods, and avoid foods never eaten before. Only in this way can the microbiota be well regulated.
Otherwise, various intestinal diseases will plague you—
During the physical examination I did just now, I specifically checked the intestinal conditions of villagers of different ages and genders in your village, and found,
All villagers' gut microbiota growth conditions are, frankly, terrible,
The usual beneficial bacteria in the human body are extrely rare or even nonexistent, while conditionally pathogenic bacteria dominate.
This results in the general aging of the villagers' intestinal walls, rough mucous mbranes inside the intestines, poor blood circulation with a dark red appearance;
Irregular intestinal motility, either too fast or too slow, with stools being either too hard or too loose, failing to retain nutrients, leading to even worse growth conditions for beneficial bacteria, exacerbating intestinal alkalinity, reducing the immune function of the intestinal walls, and forming a vicious cycle;
No matter the age or gender, all are affected."
"This..."
The village chief remained still, to be honest, terms like Salmonella and E. coli were completely beyond his understanding,
But judging from the tone of the Hero Lord,
This ghoul tribe of theirs might, possibly, perhaps truly be suffering from early aging symptoms due to intestinal issues?
"What should we do then?"
The village chief asked anxiously, "How can we obtain this beneficial... ahem, beneficial bacteria, and how can it be widely promoted?"
"Generally speaking, humans can stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria by ingesting prebiotics."
Li Ang explained, "Prebiotics, in simple terms, are organic substances that are not digested or absorbed by the host but can selectively stimulate the tabolism and proliferation of beneficial bacteria in the body, thereby improving the host's health.
For example, oligosaccharides, algal polysaccharides, protein hydrolysates. So vegetables, traditional Chinese herbs, and wild plants in nature can also serve as prebiotics."
"Vegetables?"
The village chief keenly caught the keyword, anxiously saying, "But we eat vegetables all the ti in our daily lives?
We use external technology to diligently cultivate fields, planting various crops,
Life may not be extrely rich, but even the poorest villagers can eat well every day..."
"Yes, it's good,
But the physical constitution between humans and ghouls cannot be generalized."
Li Ang shrugged and said, "The daily intake of prebiotics required by the human body is 15g, though this is just theoretical data,
In practice, a person with a normal diet actually consus 2—8g/d of prebiotics, far below the theoretical requirent.
In your village, due to the ghoul bloodline, there are inherent differences in physique from humans,
Prebiotics are not digested as they pass through the human upper digestive tract but are instead fernted by the gut microbiota, ultimately stimulating the growth of beneficial bacteria.
But the ghoul bloodline directly digests prebiotics, including oligosaccharides, preventing them from reaching the gut microbiota, thus failing to stimulate the sparse beneficial bacteria,
Leading to an inherently low intake efficiency of prebiotics.
Furthermore, the isolation, long-term closure, and monotonous diet,
All these factors cause your prebiotic intake to be far below the minimum level, spreading intestinal issues to systemic problems, leading to weak limbs, various diseases, and shortened lifespan."
The village chief pondered for a long ti, "You an, our ghoul bloodline digests this thing called prebiotics?"
"Yes."
Li Ang nodded, "It gets digested in the upper digestive tract."
The village chief hesitated and said, "The upper digestive tract refers to..."
"The digestive parts above the duodenum."
Li Ang gestured with his hand, "Including the mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, and the end of the duodenum."
"Oh."
The village chief nodded and hesitated, "Is there a way to bypass these parts directly?"
Li Ang raised an eyebrow, "Hmm?"
The village chief gestured, "Like, using a tube to directly introduce those prebiotics into the intestines?"
"Not bad, your thinking is quite broad."
Li Ang's eyes lit up, and he clapped his hands in approval, "You actually ca up with that thod.
If you change the environnt, you might create a new era in dicine.
But, unfortunately, it won't work."
The village chief was just about to be happy, but froze on the spot, "Uh? Why?"
"Because prebiotics are good,
but there must be probiotics to stimulate them."
Li Ang shrugged and said, "You don't even have probiotic flora in your intestines, the quantity is almost nonexistent,
even if you put a big tube of prebiotics into your intestines, you can't create probiotic flora out of nothing."
"Oh, can't create things out of thin air, right."
The village chief thought about it and concluded, "So the prebiotic route won't work?
Then... what should we do?"
"Trying to use regular food to supplent prebiotics and stimulate the growth of beneficial bacteria is probably not feasible."
Li Ang shook his head, "You have to use so drastic asures."
"Drastic asures?"
The village chief felt a vague sense of foreboding, "You an..."
"Look to rodents."
Li Ang said gravely, "Use a more efficient way to supplent, or at least maintain a healthy gut microbio."
The village chief felt a blackout, "You an, eating..."
"That's right, eating feces."
Li Ang said with sorrow, "I've thought it over, and this seems to be the most suitable way to relieve your village's early aging disease."
"Isn't there another way?"
The village chief felt himself suffocating, "That's just too..."
"Disgusting?"
Li Ang shook his head, "Rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, beavers, South Arican capybaras... These animals have been eating their own feces for millions of years. Did they say anything?
There's also dung beetles, species that grow in feces, live in feces, and die in feces, living their whole lives tied to feces.
In nature, eating feces is a perfectly legitimate, clean act,
it's the so-called advanced humans who have unjustly stigmatized this behavior.
Imagine, if no animals or microorganisms digested feces, the whole world would be flooded with it, turning into a planet covered in brownish-yellow material.
Humans live within the selfless dedication of other species, yet trample, criticize, and insult them—it's simply the behavior of ingrates..."
Li Ang grew more and more excited, and Ding Zhensi and Liu Wu Dai beside him had to convince him, "Calm down, please calm down."
"Whew..."
Li Ang cald his breathing and said slowly to the village chief, "Alas, if it weren't absolutely necessary, I wouldn't offer this last resort.
If you want to cure the village's early aging disease,
it's better to prepare yourself ntally—not just yourself, but include all the villagers in the work."
"..."
The village chief's expression was almost a mask of pain, he took a few heavy breaths, and said bitterly, "Okay...
Then what should we do?
Find an opportunity, slaughter a large livestock, eat... eat its intestines, and what's inside, without cooking?
Though it's hard to accept, for the continuation of the village, I will try to convince others.
After all, once we eat this bitter dose, life will get better..."
"Who said to eat livestock? And only eat it once?"
Li Ang said inexplicably, "How can just eating once be enough?
It has to be eaten regularly, turned into a local culinary tradition."
"What?! Eat regularly?"
The village chief was imnsely shocked and stood there stunned, as if struck by lightning, "This, this...
Didn't you say eating directly could obtain probiotics?"
"That's for animals."
Li Ang shook his head helplessly, "Many herbivores start eating feces from a young age.
Because newborn herbivores are like your current situation, their intestines completely lack intestinal microbiota responsible for digestion and absorption,
the microbiota can't be created out of nothing.
So they must eat the feces of adult individuals.
For example, elephants, hippos, pandas,
this kind of thing goes from generation to generation, missing one generation is not possible.
As for koalas, they eat feces too, and must obtain a type of tannin-protein complex degrading intestinal bacteria through eating feces, to gain the ability to break down toxins in eucalyptus leaves,
otherwise, they would be poisoned to death by eucalyptus leaf toxins.
If you want to cultivate your own stable gut microbio,
you must imitate the young herbivores,
persistently, tirelessly eat feces every month, every week, every day.
This is a very long process, which for you all could be a bit of a tornt."
It's more than just a tornt; just thinking about it makes
suffocate.
Beside him, Ding Zhensi barely held back the urge to retort, looking around at the faces of the teammates, finding their expressions also particularly fascinating.
Li Ang's words, although complete nonsense, strangely carried a strong logic.
Ghoul, sohow feels like its na should be changed...
Li Ang didn't care about the village chief's nearly collapsing mood and continued, "No need to be sad too soon, actually periodic intake of microorganisms is also beneficial for adult individuals.
Because adult individuals, though they may cultivate a reliable and stable beneficial microbio, will still lose so intestinal microbio diversity with the passage of ti, body degeneration,
For instance, international dical fish daka fish, their intestinal microbio complexity and change trajectory is similar to humans,
the older the daka fish, the more monotonous their gut microbio, if they eat feces of younger daka fish, they can restore intestinal microbio activity and even beco more long-lived and youthful.
I think, ghouls might be the sa."
Li Ang said earnestly, "In general, infants, adults, and seniors all have to eat feces,
and infants and seniors can eat the feces of adult individuals,
to offset, even completely cure early aging disease."
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