by GUTCHUCKER » Thu Jul 05, 2012 1:46 pm
It's true, though! Humans do not produce (and thus contain) vitamins, as evinced by our scientific name Homo antvitalis, which means lifeless man, just as Antarctica means bearless land. This is ultimately why cannibalism is seen as wrong - we were often referred to as longpig by cannibals not because of the porcine taste of our flesh (what a myth!) but rather because of our vitamin deficient meat; similar to pigs. Thus it can be said that humans - by definition - do not produce vitamins, not even through contact with sunlight, nor do we contain the vitamins we obtain from eating other animals, as they are used up almost immediately and absolutely not stored in the liver or pancreas or plasma or bone marrow or digestive tract.
It's true, though! Humans do not produce (and thus contain) vitamins, as evinced by our scientific name [i]Homo antvitalis[/i], which means lifeless man, just as [i]Antarctica[/i] means bearless land. This is ultimately why cannibalism is seen as wrong - we were often referred to as longpig by cannibals not because of the porcine taste of our flesh (what a myth!) but rather because of our vitamin deficient meat; similar to pigs. Thus it can be said that humans - by definition - do not produce vitamins, not even through contact with sunlight, nor do we contain the vitamins we obtain from eating other animals, as they are used up almost immediately and absolutely not stored in the liver or pancreas or plasma or bone marrow or digestive tract.