Me starving, debating cannibalism, looking at my clothes, when I remember that one food theory video I watched, only to remember it predicted my current situation perfectly, which leads me to discovering the fact matpat is responsible for the end of humanity and my current predicament.
Been asking for awhile, but PLEASE do an episode on Aspartame, the artificial sweetener in all diet sodas, including your favorite. So much shadiness involved in its approval by the FDA
MatPat at the beginning of the video: "if I had a nickle for every time I themed a week around cannibalism I'd have 2 nickles. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice"
I actually met a missionary (now retired, he is in his 80’s) who told us about a time when he was put into prison and left to starve to death. The wardens let the prisoners keep one item to take with them and he chose his genuine leather belt that was gifted to him by a close friend before he left. He said a lot of people chose the Bible to take with them but he had already memorized it so he didn’t need it. I can’t remember how long he said he was in there but he almost ate all of his belt before he was set free. At first, he chose it out of sentimentality, but it ended up saving his life. Lots of other missionaries didn’t make it.
"God helps those that help themselves." I'm not religious but I grew up with religion and that's something you are taught early on (especially when raised catholic.) It's sadly getting more and more forgotten but I always liked it because it encourages more than just blind faith.
Food Theory idea: how do colors affect our eating habits and how to companies use it for their advantage? (as in, why do we rarely ever see blue or purple food while other colours like red appear regularly)
Perhaps the blue and purple thing is because those colors are rarely found in nature thus they are not as appealing as red or green which are both abundant when it comes to things we eat
I know this is kind of weird but I’ve always admired matpat but wasn’t always sure why. He reminds me of my brother if he was there when i was growing up, giving me random facts, theorising pop culture with me and of course the witty banter every gtlive feels so comfy. Of course it would be weird if i thought of matpat as my brother, i dont, but he brings me a type of comfort that i used to get from my brother.
9:58 Who else remembers that one time during GTlive where Mat literally cut a piece of belt, salted it, than actually ate it on stream next to Steph who was… Let’s say definitely NOT happy about it🙂 Lol this just reminded me of that😂
I think it would be fun if he did a more open version of this episode, of what in your house could you eat? could you eat tooth paste? could you eat paper? could you eat soap? if you have an "ornamental" plant, could you eat it? ( a plant that isnt used for food) can I eat candle wax? etc.
If your plant is both real and non-toxic you can eat it. The nutritional value isn’t going to be great, and it’ll probably taste about like grass, but calories are calories. Toothpaste shouldn’t be swallowed, so that’s a no go. Paper isn’t toxic, but I doubt there’s much in there that’s worth eating. Pretty much we make food out of what’s edible and everything else out of what isn’t. Also wouldn’t recommend soap, even if it isn’t toxic it’s just a chemical in water. No calories or nutrition. Candle wax is also just a chemical, wouldn’t recommend.
Paper is cellulose. Tooth paste... Has chemicals you don't really want to ingest and is mostly stuff for cleaning plus grit. Soap is a terrible idea, altering the surface tension and viscosity of the water in your guts is a bad idea unless your goal is to have the runs. Plus it emulsifies fats which would make it harder to digest other actually beneficial substances. If you had beeswax, that may be an option. I don't know enough about the chemical structure of it. Candlewax though... Fairly certain that's a bad idea but again, don't know enough about it. And I'm too lazy to look those up. And most plants that are ornamental are largely cellulose. Might be able to eat the root, bark, seeds, or sprouts though, depending. Honestly, you'd be better off eating wild plants. There's plenty of edible options out and about, less so in your house (besides what was made to be eaten).
Another fun note about the Donner Party: Apparently there were accounts from the Donner Party of people boiling and eating leather. Some of those people died, but some survived so technically we can't rule out the leather as being helpful
Theory idea : how artificial flavours got its flavor, like it doesn't even taste anything like the fruit, watermelon toothpaste doesn't smell like watermelon, and strawberry candy TASTES NOTHING like real strawberries
Food theory episodes then: How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop? Food theory episodes now: CAN YOU EAT YOUR CLOTHES TO SURVIVE?
@@gracz0unl actually wether of not I could eat my clothes in an emergency situation is way more interesting than how often I have to lick a tootsy pop to get to the center (which is a candy that isn't even avaleble in my country to begin with)
God I love it when a theory video starts out serious and dark with zero jokes for levity, its very refreshing because most theories either begin with a dad joke about the topic or a short skit related to the topic
Hey MatPat, I’m learning about allergens in my microbiology class and we got started on the topic of artificial and natural flavorings and which is safer. I think it would be pretty neat if you guys could weigh in on this topic.
Ther is one, this one I was like oh no this will be so weird but i tried to atleast comment so when I saw the first piece of the video it was kinda bad lmao
The only one I couldn't watch from the very beginning was the popcorn salt from tears. The idea of that one grossed me out, but all other episodes are gold.
You MUST make a theory about how to win "Is it cake". It's a new Netflix show where some people make THOSE cakes that look like other food, mundane items, and even money, while others need to choose which one is cake and cut it. I mean, a youtube weard trend about food that is mixable with ASMR and just got It's own show! How perfect is that?
Based on the 1st episode, the "way to win" is to put gelatin on the real food items to throw off the judges...which is apparently completely allowed. 😒
Weirdly enough, my 7th grade history teacher let my class watch a recreation of cannibalism during westward expansion(I think?). The group got hit with an unexpected snow storm, and the people ate their food rations; then the horses, babies, children, women- until only one traumatized man was left. A pair of travelers then stumbled along him, seeing bloody snow, clothes and bones everywhere. That’s all I remember, and I don’t know the title of it.
6:32: "That's the crux of this episode. Just because you can eat, doesn't mean you should eat." Isn't that the moral of like, five other theories, like the ones on Christmas Trees?
Theory Idea: Can you just survive on vitamins and supplements? In your spinach video you mentioned that at a certain point you would get more nutrients from supplements. Even if one can't solely survive on supplements, what's the minimal amount of things one could eat while still being in perfect health? IDK just a fun thought! ^_^
From what I know about nutrition, you wouldn't be able to be perfectly healthy if you're not getting enough calories. Anytime you're in a negative energy balance, meaning you expend more energy than you're consuming, you're going to be losing weight. I'm not sure exactly at what point that weight loss would start negatively affecting you, but, it would essentially eventually start looking/acting like starvation. Just vitamin supplements don't have calories, which are just as necessary to bodily functions as vitamins and minerals. Though, I would be interested in seeing the difference between complete starvation and starvation with vitamins. The Minnisota Starvation Experiment found some interesting data on how vitamins affect starving people, so if you're interested you should totally go research that! It's neat! :D
@@rebekahthelin2238 true, for me, i think it depends on alot like, the weight you started at, previous health conditions, and also enviorment! If you are somewhere cold and you are shivering all the time, youll burn way more enrgy then if you are somewhere with a warm temperature, and light breeze. If you are going to be needing to get firewood or do extra tasks other than wait, i think your correct. But from what ive seen from people who spend long periods of time fasting, if you arent doing much of anything, (just resting or meditating) your body wont need that much fuel for awhile
You know Niel Red / Niel Blue (same guy two channels) turned cotton into a cotton candy by breaking down longer carbohydrate chains into smaller and smaller until he ended up with sugar. Also he made cotton candy out of wood, grape soda out of plastic gloves. The guy is a chemist... And his videos tend to be long but you could give them a look 🙂
@@emberandfriendsanimations2454 But it did. It doesn't matter if he thought it wouldn't before he did them, because he did them and got it to work. But your first point is totally correct. Actually breaking cellulose down usually requires specialized enzymes.
Here is a question that occurred to me… how about eating the wooden furniture? I know as a kid we used to nibble on cherry bark and twigs for the flavor sometimes. Can you eat the furnishings or just use them for heat?
There was once an Italian man named Michelle Lotito, who had a absolutely unique stomach and digestive system. I don’t know the specifics, but it was something along the lines of double layered walls, unlike us with single layers. This allowed him to eat anything from wood, to metal, to glass and even rubber. He cut it into mouth sized pieces with a saw and swallowed it with a lot of sparkling water. And, believe it or not fellas, he died of old age with 78 years to his name.
Watch his “Gummy vs Real Food Challenge” he did for a GTLive. He eats part of a belt. It’s hilarious, the fact he didn’t mention it in this video prevents me from giving it a thumbs up.
So happy to see this episode had finally come out! I remember when Matpat talked about doing this for an episode back on his GTNotLive episode of Cooking Companions. So excited and happy to see that they finally have it out Cx
Here’s a food theory idea: Is it better to give your pet big-company brand formulated foods (kibble) or should you (with research) make the food yourself? Is it better to give them fresh cooked (and cooled) food or the kibble stuffed with vitamins and supplements and shelf-life stabilizers? Edit: 😲 108 likes?! Y’all I 🤯 Thank you ☺️
TLDR: If you're in a survival situation right now, you're more likely to die from eating your clothes than getting any nutritional value from it. It is better used for keeping you warm.
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MatPat: *13:25** Talking about toxicity of eating leather* Also MatPat: *Already Ate part of a belt* Honestly, can’t say I’m not a bit sad they didn’t mention or insert the clip of MatPat eating the belt
Well, you might also consider gravity and the fact that this moon will practically create a really dense cheese core, which would squeeze out a weard milky mantle. This moon will mostly be a sticky ocean with occasional cheese islands here and there.
Cannibalism week is my favorite little quirk of MatPat's channels :) Also, there are also multiple accounts of when pilgrims and/or pioneers boiled all the articles of clothing made of leather, just to get nutrients from the animal skin it was made of. They're quite interesting stories. But anyways great videos MatPat, keep it up man!
If you dont want soggy cereal theres no reason to not just have a bowl of dry cereal and a glass of milk. The test would be great to watch but the problem your posing is easily fixed with just a bit of thinking.
Pretty much indigestible. So that is a hard no. Unless your stomach acid breaks down the hydrophobic component, it straight up will be useless to your body and probably poisonous.
Every time I see a title to a new upload, I think "Team Theorist is really scraping the bottom of the barrel this time." Then, I get so engrossed in the "what-if" of it. I never once thought about this topic, but now I'm interested about the facts.
What a show to put out just as we're on the brink of a food shortage. Stock up, people! Every time you go to the store, buy a little here and there and make an emergency food stockpile. Tough times never last, tough people do!
_"Your Mind flashes to a moment an episode of Food Theory that you watched before any of this and suddenly you know exactly what to do"_ _(Flashbacks to Cannibalism Week)_ [0:57] _(Loads Bow) "Sorry, Jerry. But Matpat said so"_
If I had a dollar for everytime MatPat tried to eat things that aren’t food I’d have 3 dollars. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it’s happened thrice
Maybe do a food theory on how you could have also survived in the area around Baba Yaga's cabin- I find it odd that there's nothing to hunt, and after a long rain, I'd assume there'd be shrooms or bugs living in rotting trees, or worms buried in the ground under trees. Even finding a rotten carcass or bones could be used to create some manner of stock. Finding one mushroom, you could also use that massive dark, damp basement to grow mushrooms, etc. Obviously, a sign the main character is evil/possessed is because they mislead or discourage obvious actions, preying on the survivor's cluelessness about survival and trusting nature. They probably could have left at any time, or left together- but stayed behind out of fear of the unknown.
Theory idea: what the heck is up with fast food preservatives? A friend of mine did a experiment where he left a happy meal outside for just however long just for fun, but after about 3 years, there’s literally no visual difference between it and just a normal, fresh happy meal. We need answers!
What was the weather like? Did he let it get wet ever? Probably not. Which leaves us with hot (or cold) and dry. You leave just about anything out like that and it's not going to rot, especially if it was thoroughly cooked and salty, no fancy preservatives necessary. Congratulations you made Happy Meal jerky.
@@rin_okami actually, he just left it out and didn’t change its location much unless there was a really bad storm. Also, we’re talking louisiana weather (ie, very hot and humid). So no happy jerky for us. But maybe that could be a theory for another video 🤔🤔🤔
@@kkcake5771 yes, I know. But it just seems… unnatural. Something about being able to preserve the look of food for three years and counting just seems suspicious
Wait, the first cannibalism week crossover was almost a year ago?! It really doesn’t feel like that long ago, like I remember watching them the week they released??? How has time gone this quick???
I love theories like this, it’s similar to the grocery store and the buffet theories, where you craft a story about optimizing food situations :) Keep it up Matpat and team!
Kinda surprised he didn't mention the soccer team in the recent century, that was plane wrecked on a mountain and reluctantly relied on cannibalism of their dead piolet, dead teammates and those that would succumb to injuries and the cold, in order to survive until they were rescued. In one of the infamous pictures where they're smiling in relief that they had been found and their harrowing fight for survival on the top of a frozen and snowy mountain was over, you can actually see a human spine and tailbone in the bottom right of the photograph.
My friend's goats were known to chew their way through steel fences. When we discovered this we concluded that goats cannot be contained indefinitely and can in fact go wherever they want - up 90 degree cliff faces, through steel rebar, it doesn't matter
Ooo. I’ve tanned my fair share of hides. Don’t think I’d want to eat it unless I was on the brink of death. I usually use battery acid as part of the process.
Well it’s not too uncommon, my grandpa once knew a World War II veteran he was trading fire power against the Japanese soldiers one of them got the tail of his plane he crashed his plane on an island before he parachute he went to the island to survive,the island was deserted he stayed there for two months he had bad luck trying to get food during the first week after his Little supplies ran out so he was desperate enough he boiled his boots and I think my grandpa said he also boiled his belt he Funny thing is he made a mischi pot by hitting a part of the plane and bending it while to put water in it and boiled his boots and his belt what he told my grandpa it was the worst meal he ever had in the Air Force until he found a wild pig, doing spearfishing with a makeshifts spear and hunting for fruits like bananas coconuts and surprisingly he found some dragon fruit I did ask how it taste because I never had dragon fruit he also found a few pineapples my grandpa said after he stayed two months on the island American chip came by and picked him up I mostly saw the tail of the plane sticking up from the sand like a flag or two spot it for passing ships after he was picked up he told The commanding officer on the boat take me home boys, I want a steak and a bed! I wish I would’ve met the guy he did sound pretty funny Now my grandpa is going on in his ears he’s having trouble with his liver I hope he’s doing OK Maybe it’s nothing it’s survival worse back in Vietnam war Also I’m sorry I got excited my grandpa told me a story similar like this but less theory how to cook a boots
If anyone is interested in learning more about the Essex or the Donner Party, the channel Ask a Mortician has well done full length videos on their horrible situations
Something I've been wondering about for a while was how people digest medication like how different types of capsules affect how long it lasts and how does that go up to the brain idk understanding why things happen is really cool
If you're talking about instant release vs. extended release medication: Instant release dissolves very quickly in your body after it's ingested and goes into your bloodstream, which is how it gets to the brain. This leads to a rapid spike in the amount of medication and thus takes effect quicker, but it leaves your system very quickly and can increase the risk of side effects. Extended release (XR or ER) medications have special coatings or other ingredients mixed in (what exactly they are and how they work is kinda complicated, so you can look into stuff like microencapsulation if you want) which make it dissolve slower and release the medication into your bloodstream at a steady rate over a longer period of time, so there is no big spike. It takes longer for XR medicine to take effect and you can't crush or cut it, but it reduces the likelihood of side effects and the number of doses you have to take. Different medications will also go to different areas of the body or brain. For example, a pain reliever like ibuprofen blocks injured or damaged cells from releasing prostaglandin, a chemical that nerve endings are highly sensitive to and triggers them to transmit pain signals, so if cells don't make it, the brain doesn't get the pain signals as quickly or clearly. Another pain reliever like acetaminophen, however, blocks the production of an enzyme in the brain, which stops the brain from transmitting more pain signals. Medicines like SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors), SNRIs (serotonin and norepinephrine reuptike inhibitors), or NDRIs (norepinephrine and dopamine reuptake inhibitors) work differently. They block neurotransmitters like serotonin, dopamine, and norepinephrine from being reabsorbed into neurons, which can help relieve symptoms of anxiety or depression. There are a ton more medicines out there, but that's the general idea. Hopefully that answers your question!
Honestly love the work you and your team do to inform our knowledge of what the big companies are doing. Your research helps me know what to avoid and what is actually good for us. Extremely educational, more people should watch your videos💜
Clothes are made of polymers/synthetic fibers. Aka Plastic. I'm not 100% on the terminology but it's not gonna help. Leather is treated with chemicals and coated. I'm not sure you want that raw in your body without possibly boiling to get that stuff out of there. 15:01 there's the answer to the video's question.
I took an archaeology class where my teacher taught us about Jamestown and how they almost starved and resorted to cannibalism during a bad winter. He also explained how they would try eating their leather clothes before resorting to cannibalism, and how it's actually a really common trend when situations get dire. They ended up digging up the body of a young girl who died of starvation in the same winter and eating meatier parts of her body before burying her again...
During WWI, my great great grandpa was a German Scout with his best friend. When the war ended, they were both in Macedonia, and had to walk back to Essen, Germany without aid. They were so close to starving that they ate the leather off their boots just to survive.
- me: "I think I'm gonna eat me sneakers..." - buddy: "you sure mean your snickers..." - me: "nope, eatin' me sneakers now." - buddy: slowly backs off and calls the loony-bin...
I know I’m about a year late on this topic and probably no one will be checking this thread… but this video was new to me and at the perfect time as well. Yesterday I saw an episode on the Roanoke Colony (also an old episode) where they suspected the people also eat shoe leather before turning to cannibalism. So I was already questioning how nutritious this was. Thank you so much for diving into this topic and answering all my questions and more.
I got flashbacks to history in school, when we talked about belt soup and throwing feces out the window- The nail soup, the beer, how stupid swedes are aka the potato thing.... All I could think about during this video were/is (still thinking about it) all the documentaries and videos :T
I love the clever wordplay of The Game Title. _"Cooking Companions"_ reminds you of [1:54] _"Cooking Mama"._ Like Cooking with Friends. But then after the game took a turn. The Title turns meaning to _"Cooking Companions"._ You're going to be _Cooking_ Your _Companions_
