It’s a fact that the rectum can absorb some amount of nutrients.
So, a person should probably be able to live for quite some time while only absorbing nutrients via enema, right?
Can it be done?
It’s a fact that the rectum can absorb some amount of nutrients.
So, a person should probably be able to live for quite some time while only absorbing nutrients via enema, right?
Can it be done?
You can breathe through your rectum, too, technically; but it’s not fast enough at getting oxygen in your system to keep you from suffocating.
I am suspecting that eating food that way may have the same issue. It almost certainly would not break up normal food enough without saliva, chewing, and stomach acids, limiting thr nutrients you can absorb, too.
But your rectum does not absorb any oxygen
I’m not thinking about actual undigested food, but special food “slurry”, with nutrients specifically arranged and concentrated for maximum absorption.
TIL. Apparently there were studies done using an oxygen-enriched enema potentially for drowned people to resuscitate them. Didn’t work lol.