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Navcorr

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CatmanV2 said:
Oh the calories were obviously an issue. But that wasn't the way the question phrased. *But* it does not contain all the essential amino acids, so it doesn't contain all the nutrients needed to sustain life. Or at least *human* life. Different organisms have differing requirements. Humans require nine essential amino acids. We have to eat them because we can't make them. Cat require eleven and so on

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I hate to ask but are you a vegetarian? You are well informed re: nutritional requirements.
Nb. "because we can't make them" - where biological systems are concerned the correct terminology is synthesise.
By the way I'm a pseudo-vegetarian. I only eat animals that eat vegetables :0037:
 
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Navcorr said:
I hate to ask but are you a vegetarian? You are well informed re: nutritional requirements.
Nb. "because we can't make them" - where biological systems are concerned the correct terminology is synthesise.
By the way I'm a pseudo-vegetarian. I only eat animals that eat vegetables :0037:
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Heh. Not at all, but I did take my degree in Biotechnology some 20+ years ago. And yes. *I* know it's synthesise. Didn't know if you would :D

Oh, and I consider myself an obligate carnivore. ;)
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midlifecrisis

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Mickley was first known as Mortimer, but it didn't catch on for some reason. I think he first appeared in Steamboat Willie
 
spkennyuk

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Navcorr said:
I concur. One question mark picked up concerns the calorific value of honey, when consumed in sufficient quantity to sustain life, would actually induce heart attack. What the Lord giveth in one hand, etc.
A decent hot toddy though has certainly been a life saver on many occasions.
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The article i read said it was the only food stuff that could sustain life on its own.

I took that to mean human life and i am sure that it can. For how long is a different matter.

I take on board what you both say but as Chris said it depends on which form of life the original article aluded too and it was many years ago that i absorbed that nugget of information.

They could have been talking about yeast spores for the headline and going on to say the benefits and uses for honey as far as humans go.
 
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midlifecrisis said:
Mickley was first known as Mortimer, but it didn't catch on for some reason. I think he first appeared in Steamboat Willie
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Thats what i thought it was as well. Something to do with they were asked to come up with the mouse character by another company and they didnt like the name Mortimer so insisted it was changed.
 
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spkennyuk said:
The article i read said it was the only food stuff that could sustain life on its own.

I took that to mean human life and i am sure that it can. For how long is a different matter.

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If the article written included an extract from a scientific paper or journal there would most likely have been citations. This in turn would help frame the context of the piece. If only the other hand the article was a general publication I think your assumption was perfectly reasonable.

Good morning by the way. Oh bugger - that's a different thread. Nevermind Nevermind. Off the France in an hour or so with the old man - lunch and shopping. Nice.
Bonne journée à tous.
 
CatmanV2

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spkennyuk said:
The article i read said it was the only food stuff that could sustain life on its own.

I took that to mean human life and i am sure that it can. For how long is a different matter.

I take on board what you both say but as Chris said it depends on which form of life the original article aluded too and it was many years ago that i absorbed that nugget of information.

They could have been talking about yeast spores for the headline and going on to say the benefits and uses for honey as far as humans go.
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Well any food stuff can sustain life on its own for limited periods :)

Not a biggy. I was just interested as I worked out what the answer was because of the clues around producers (Gales and Rowse are the only big manufacturers I can think of), but my old scientific curiosity kicked in :)

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spkennyuk

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CatmanV2 said:
Well any food stuff can sustain life on its own for limited periods :)

Not a biggy. I was just interested as I worked out what the answer was because of the clues around producers (Gales and Rowse are the only big manufacturers I can think of), but my old scientific curiosity kicked in :)

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They were the only two manufacturers i could think of as well. The rest of them all seem to be local farm shop suppliers.

Im as interested as you if that the claim is missleading on the sustain life point.

I read somewhere that they had found some honey in sealed pot jars in Egypt that was dated at over 3000 years old and it was still safe to eat and the same as when it was first collected. Again it may be slightly inaccurate as i would have thought it would loose at least some moisture over that period of time.
 
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No it should be pretty safe. It mostly doesn't go off. Spores can remain viable in it, so yeast (as Mr Pea has said) and C.Botulinum *spores* (no threat to an adult, not so good for kids). Might well find it's crystalised a lot, but that should still be harmless :)

There's just no way it can keep a human alive over an extended period (lets say a couple of years), or at least any better than a number of other food stuffs.

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Caldy999

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Don't think it had 1 at the end but obviously too easy! If there is a next time, I'll try harder. Over to you Newton
 
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