Health Editor’s Note: For the record, I have never wondered what humans taste like…ever….but am putting this out there for information sake….Carol
Human Flesh Looks Like Beef, But the Taste Is More Elusive
by Rachel Nuwer Smithsonian.com
Even if you have no desire to eat the flesh of fellow humans, it’s not so uncommon to wonder from time to time what human flesh looks and tastes like. io9 recently took up the first question and explained that human flesh firmly falls into the red meat camp. Beef, they concluded, would be the closest visual equivalent of a human fillet or rump roast. io9 explains the science behind the color:
Muscle’s red color can be traced to the presence of a richly pigmented protein called myoglobin and, more specifically, hemes, the chemical compounds that myoglobin uses to bind and store oxygen as a fuel source for active muscles.
According to the Meat Science section of Texas A&M University’s Department of Animal Science, pork, lamb and beef average 2, 6 and 8 milligrams of myoglobin per gram of muscle (that translates to a myoglobin concentration of 0.2%, 0.6% and 0.8%), respectively.
The concentration of myoglobin in human muscle tissues is relatively high – even relative to pigs, sheep and cows, coming in at close to 20 mg per gram of certain muscle fibers, or a 2% concentration of myoglobin.
But, according to the testimony of people who have actually eaten other people, the taste of human meat ….
Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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This is one of the most stupid VT articles ever – keep it up and VT will be deleted from my daily read list.
Remember Kevin Barrett’s Truth Jihad Radio show of January 17, 2016 where Gordon Duff yelled at Kevin for saying (among many other things) that Islam prohibits eating pork since it tastes too much like human flesh?
We used to say “Eat Me” back in the day; but we surely didn’t mean it. Yuck! This is an unforgivable Taboo and an affront on the Human condition. Cannibals should be hunted down and killed.
Hi Carol. Years ago, I read that the word for human flesh used by South American cannibals translated to “Long Pig.” What’s cookin’?
Long Pork, the other white meat.
Mr. Ed, I have also seen that reference.
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