Master of Suspense

[Grkovich, Alex]

Yuck!!

Cabbage (raw, uncooked) is the staple food of Serbians (and all Balkan
peoples). I have never been able to stand the stuff (my mother force fed the
stuff to me when I was a little boy and it always ended up on the carpet
after). I certainly never will be able to stand it now, either, after
reading this. Yuck again.

Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Michael Gochfeld [SMTP:gochfeld at EOHSI.RUTGERS.EDU]
> Sent:	Wednesday, September 25, 2002 7:39 AM
> To:	fnkwp at aurora.alaska.edu
> Cc:	leps-l at lists.yale.edu
> Subject:	Master of Suspense
> 
> Ken,
> 
> 1. OK,  How did you come "across an interesting exception"
>     a.  Review of scientific literature
>     b. personal experience with cabbage
>     c.  clinical examination of excreta
>     d.  participation in local NABA meeting
>     e.  all of the above
>     f.   none of the above
> 
> "Living in the human gut" implies that the caterpillars (and the cabbage)
> evaded the stomach digestion process which should have yielded an acid
> slurry
> by the time is passed into the duodenum. There are some medical conditions
> (rapid gastric emptying) and surgical conditions (partial gastrectomy)
> which
> would reduce or perhaps even eliminate the acid mixmaster through which
> caterpillars would have to pass to "live" in the gut.
> 
> On the other hand "chewing your cabbage" seems to be a public health
> advice
> with no obvious downside.  MIKE GOCHFELD
> 
> Kenelm Philip wrote:
> 
> > > Butterflies don't "bite," "sting," foul our food, cause diseases, or
> buzz
> > > in our ears...
> >
> > Today I came across an interesting exception to the above statement. It
> > turns out that _Pieris rapae_ (Cabbage Butterfly) caterpillars have on
> > occasion been found living in the human gut, "...taking up residence
> pre-
> > sumably when its host eats raw or undercooked cabbage, and maintained by
> > his continuing to do so in uncommon amounts." The author suggests
> chewing
> > your cabbage thoroughly...
> >
> >                                                         Ken Philip
> >
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