system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
ELI5: given that all the bacteria has already gone through your digestive system, why would eating your own poo make you unwell?
gpt
Feces is the waste from your body for one. It has much less, and often no, nutritional value. That alone makes it something that can make you ill. Feces that isn't your own can be infected with diseases like hepatitis, which can cause you to get the disease. Feces that isn't ingested quickly can also grow new bacteria that can make you ill.