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Fingernails have calories!

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
So I had the thought and just had to look up if fingernails and calories because I am a huge nail biter. Idk if this is true but I think it is enough to stop me biting my nails..... Along with the coronavirus of course.

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#4 ·
slightly OT but i remember last summer i randomly wondered [ok ok it was probably because of MPA] if they had calories so i asked the google home speaker. the volume was super loud when it replied, and i had my windows open- didn't see the landlord right outside the kitchen window doing yardwork until it was too late.

sooo he heard my google speaker explain the nutritional content of fingernails :lol: oops
 
#6 ·
slightly OT but i remember last summer i randomly wondered [ok ok it was probably because of MPA] if they had calories so i asked the google home speaker. the volume was super loud when it replied, and i had my windows open- didn't see the landlord right outside the kitchen window doing yardwork until it was too late.

sooo he heard my google speaker explain the nutritional content of fingernails :lol: oops
LMAO first time I laughed in weeks
 
#8 ·
slightly OT but i remember last summer i randomly wondered [ok ok it was probably because of MPA] if they had calories so i asked the google home speaker. the volume was super loud when it replied, and i had my windows open- didn't see the landlord right outside the kitchen window doing yardwork until it was too late.

sooo he heard my google speaker explain the nutritional content of fingernails :lol: oops
This made my day!
 
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#11 ·
I mean do you rip off your entire nail and eat it? Because I think that what the label is referring to is if you're actually eating the entire nail. I've never been a nail biter (i just pick at them lol) so idk if y'all swallow what you bite off, but if you do it's going to be less than a 1/2 calorie if the entire nail is 2 calories.
Ye it is for a whole nail but still
 
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They are? Brb, I gotta go bug hunting
:lol: lots of different bugs have a decent amount of protein!

'nutritional facts of various insects' may or may not be another thing i've recently googled
 
#21 ·
:lol: lots of different bugs have a decent amount of protein!

'nutritional facts of various insects' may or may not be another thing i've recently googled
Is it wrong that now I'm genuinely curious about your findings?
 
#23 ·
i tend to bite the skin around the tips of my fingers and human skin has calories too oml

then i went into this spiral of googling other things that has calories SEMEN HAS CALORIES IN IT TOO??????????????? so like if i was fasting, technically if i swallowed cum id break my fast?
How many calories. I also bite my skin along with my nails.
 
#24 · (Edited by Moderator)
Is it wrong that now I'm genuinely curious about your findings?
well first i looked for fleas, specifically. i was disappointed by the lack of results. BUT i learned that cockroaches produce a milky-like substance that is packed with nutrition to help the eggs/larvae/ develop. caterpillars, beetles, crickets and grasshoppers are also common bugs snacks.

it was actually really interesting!

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#26 ·
well first i looked for fleas, specifically. i was disappointed by the lack of results. BUT i learned that cockroaches produce a milky-like substance that is packed with nutrition to help the eggs/larvae/ develop. caterpillars, beetles, crickets and grasshoppers are also common bugs snacks.

it was actually really interesting!

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Wow grasshoppers are actually pretty high in calories
 
#27 ·
well first i looked for fleas, specifically. i was disappointed by the lack of results. BUT i learned that cockroaches produce a milky-like substance that is packed with nutrition to help the eggs/larvae/ develop. caterpillars, beetles, crickets and grasshoppers are also common bugs snacks.

it was actually really interesting!

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Today I learned that fingernails have calories and protein and that eating bugs is kind of healthy. It does seem pretty interesting though to think about
 
#28 ·
Wow grasshoppers are actually pretty high in calories
i wonder if there are Diet Grasshoppers? or a Grasshopper Lite? xD

Today I learned that fingernails have calories and protein and that eating bugs is kind of healthy. It does seem pretty interesting though to think about
yeah i can't say for a fact that i would actually try them but the whole idea interests me