Comment on Could we survive eating only humans?
remon@ani.social 3 weeks agoYou can just screen the meat for prion disease, like we do with other meat.
Comment on Could we survive eating only humans?
remon@ani.social 3 weeks agoYou can just screen the meat for prion disease, like we do with other meat.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
That’s not how it works, you don’t “check food for prions” lol.
remon@ani.social 3 weeks ago
Yes, you check the brain tissue of the animal before slaughtering.
Valmond@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
You have no idea how dangerous and complicated that is.
remon@ani.social 3 weeks ago
It’s actually not that complicated. You just don’t have a clue what you’re taking about.
You check for the disease and if you find it, you don’t eat the meat. Problem solved.
Prion disease is not something special to humans or cannibalism. It is however a disease that needs time to develop, which is why it’s rare is most animals we eat (because they don’t tend to live that long). With ritualistic cannibalism, people often eat old people (and humans tend to get quite old), which have a much higher chance of having developed prion disease. That’s really the only reason why it’s associated with cannibalism.
So no, you can totally live on cannibalism and not get prion disease if you either apply normal food safety standards or focus on eating kids.