h a l f b a k e r yI like this idea, only I think it should be run by the government.
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The majority of Americans are overweight or obese, and many people in developing nations are underweight and malnourished, so my idea is to remove the excess body fat from the overweight and obese, then transplant it to those who need it. This could work just like an organ transplant, skin graft, or
a blood transfusion, except my idea is talking about body fat.
For the question of rejection, scientists could study fat transplant rejection and apply the results.
Autologous Fat Transplant gone bad.
http://www.mssm.edu...tative/case_10.html
Autologous comes from two Greek words, autos, meaning self, and logos, meaning relationship. [thumbwax, Oct 06 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
Allogeneic Bone Marrow transplants
http://www.enlmedic.../article/003009.htm
Kinda expensive. Bone Marrow is fatty, so, I uh... [thumbwax, Oct 06 2004, last modified Oct 17 2004]
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Think transplant rejection. |
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If it needs to be a “whom”, I guess it would be God or Mother Nature.
Heck darknight. What do I know about transplant rejection?
Zip.
Maybe fat wouldn't be rejected by a recipient’s body. |
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I would suggest you use the liposucted and excised fat for
making imitation crab meat to "feed" the starving... |
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Fat is not nourishing. Putting fat into malnourished people's bodies will not fix the problem. |
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My friend took me to a restaurant in Paris where marrow is the speciality. Might sound gross, but that was a damn good meal. |
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if I could photosynthesise (sp?) it might be the answer to all my problems - well, not all... |
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Shhh... Don't tell snarfyguy the Inuit nation has a bounty
on his head now for desecrating their beloved muktuk.
Not that they had a lot of fruits, vegetables or grains to
choose from through the ages however. |
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snarf, you can hide out at my place if need be. |
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Heh. It's those toggling harpoons you gotta watch out for. |
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snarf, I also had marrow in Paris once. The flavor was as you describe, one of the tastiest treats I've ever encountered. Meanwhile, my gag reflex was constantly being activated by the horribly offensive texture. It was like a trip to heaven and hell, both at the same time. |
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And don't worry about the Inuit. Marrow, of course, is the fat from inside a bone (in my case, it was from a cow). Muktuk, as I understand it, is the outer layer of skin and fat from a whale. |
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Muktuk also has vitamin C! So if you're feeling scurvaceous and got no limes, gnaw a whale. |
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Oh! So *that* is marrow? People have tacos of that down here. Naaaaasty. |
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Don't expect baklava when you get to the baccula.
Oo...sik! |
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we're not not overgrown-courgette marrow here, are we? more the spinal fluid area of things, right? |
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Perhaps the transplants can be done successfully if we find a 'fat type' which could be very similar to a blood type. Thus, the fat would be matched and the odds of rejection are low. |
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Of course, fat is not nourishing, as another said, and so it would have to be done for those who need a higher amount of body fat. |
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If this cannot be done to solve malnutrition, why not find another use for liposucted fat from human beings? What uses do rendered human fat have? |
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Wouldn't it be easier for the starving people to just eat the fat? Kinda like TL suggests (Hi TL:)) |
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Their bodies would handle the conversion without fear of rejection. Maybe repulsion, or ejection, but not rejection. |
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Mmmmm... my can of liposuctioned energy juice is chunky.... |
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...how about transfat plants? |
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Export 'em live and let them be eaten in the time honoured cannibalistic way. |
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Good idea, just hope they don't notice the
taps in the hotel bath are labelled
"Marinade" and "Bouillon" … |
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