what is the caloric intake when i ingest parts of my own body?

Factual Questions
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I mean, I bite my cuticles, the inside of my mouth

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I don’t know what happened there…and I cannot edit my post…
what I was asking was what caloric intake would possibly be to ie bite your lips, chew your fingernails and chew up your mouth ( that habit is worth a thread by itself, maybe not HERE but for something…
So, can I snack on myself or not? thoughts…s

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** lurker anonymous**,

We don’t allow members to edit posts on this board, because of the potential for abuse.

I’ve merged your two threads.

DrMatrix - GQ Moderator

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When ingesting parts of your own body, caloric intake will always be negative. After all, you cannot gain overall energy from something that was already part of your body. Digestion, as in all reactions, has a certain amount of energy loss in conversion (1 gram of eaten flesh does not mean 1 gram of gained flesh). Exact numbers would depend on both the person and what they were eating.

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** lurker anonymous**,

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Thank you.

DrMatrix - GQ Moderator

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Thought this was going to be about Stephen King’s short story, “Survivor Type”.