• Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    From Wikipedia:

    A variety of different mixes have been used for nutrient enemas throughout history. A paper published in Nature in 1926 stated that because the rectum and lower digestive tractlack digestive enzymes, it is likely that only the end-products of normal digestion such as sugarsamino acidssalt and alcohol, will be absorbed.[8]

    Plus I think you’d have no lipid absorption, so you could probably survive longer than starvation, but I’m guessing not “quite some” time.

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      Damn, that is tragic.

      I suppose one could decide to consume ass-absorbable nutrients only by enema, and supplement the incompatible nutrients orally. That won’t be pure ass, but half a loaf is better than no bread.