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I somehow doubt this. Vietnam, on a per capita basis, must be one of the biggest consumers of beef in all of Asia. In contrast to China which relies more upon pork, and India which eats much more vegetables and Chicken, the Vietnamese like their beef. Think of all of that Pho that has steak in it. Everytime I eat Vietnamese food I usually get something with beef in it.
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Originally Posted by jhlcomp
Many of you are too young to know this, however during the war in Vietnam, the Viet Cong knew when our troops were nearby because of body odor. We made sure our troops got beef in addition to C rations.
I somehow doubt this. Vietnam, on a per capita basis, must be one of the biggest consumers of beef in all of Asia. In contrast to China which relies more upon pork, and India which eats much more vegetables and Chicken, the Vietnamese like their beef. Think of all of that Pho that has steak in it. Everytime I eat Vietnamese food I usually get something with beef in it.
I think you misunderstood my post. Our troops (US) while in Vietnam during the war (1960's - 1970's) ate beef. The Viet Cong could smell our troops when they were nearby because of this.
And actually beef or other diet aside, I have known people of different races who say it is common knowledge that different races have different smells associated with them, not bad or better or worse, but different to the point where they could be distinguished. I have not noticed it with race as much myself but I do know certain families have a distinctive odor that all members share, as a kid I could detect among the 12 or so different homes in our small area each had its own distinct signature.
No I understand what you're saying perfectly. This story just seems to come across to me as being somewhat of a myth. I haven't been to Vietnam at all, but spent some time living in Southeast Asia, and actually had some Vietnamese people as neighbors in the building I was living in.
What I'm saying is that the average Vietnamese person eats a diet that has a good ammount of beef in it as compared to the average Chinese/Thai/Malay person. Therefore it would be very hard to immagine that if they were eating beef, how would they detect the smell of beef on other people?
If the Vietcong were having beef Pho noodles for breakfast or lunch, how would they be able to smell other people who had eaten beef? I eat hamburgers on a somewhat irregular basis (once every 2-3 weeks) and am not able to detect a "beef" smell on anyone at all.
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Originally Posted by jhlcomp
I think you misunderstood my post. Our troops (US) while in Vietnam during the war (1960's - 1970's) ate beef. The Viet Cong could smell our troops when they were nearby because of this.
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Stinks more from vegetables, actually.
My dog eats mostly meat and she has no smells.
Dogs have different digestive enzymes and a shorter digestive tract than humans which allows them to eat a meat diet which is passed quickly through the body. Humans are not built this way. We digest meat and veggies differently than canines. A person with a vegetarian or raw diet will not have the same fecal smell that their mostly meat-eating human counterparts do simply because of the nature of the enzymatic make-up of our digestive systems.
We are not biologically made to digest large amounts of animal protein. This is why our digestive tracts are long. We can digest moderate amounts, but meat eaters who eat large amounts of animal protein will have smellier poo and generally more gastrointestinal problems than those who balance their diets with 0-25% animal protein daily.
First, we almost often cannot smell ourself, so that is no reason to call it a myth.
That's not true, Jessaka. I can smell myself very well indeed. I just don't find my own smells that offensive...
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That is true to some degree. I can smell myself if I don't bath and if I do bath, but after a week of not bathing I imagine that the nose refuses to smell yurself anymore. Which is why, when I first moved to a farm I smelled the cow manure, but after awhile only newcomers to the farm could smell it.
No I understand what you're saying perfectly. This story just seems to come across to me as being somewhat of a myth. I haven't been to Vietnam at all, but spent some time living in Southeast Asia, and actually had some Vietnamese people as neighbors in the building I was living in.
What I'm saying is that the average Vietnamese person eats a diet that has a good ammount of beef in it as compared to the average Chinese/Thai/Malay person. Therefore it would be very hard to immagine that if they were eating beef, how would they detect the smell of beef on other people?
If the Vietcong were having beef Pho noodles for breakfast or lunch, how would they be able to smell other people who had eaten beef? I eat hamburgers on a somewhat irregular basis (once every 2-3 weeks) and am not able to detect a "beef" smell on anyone at all.
I used to attend a monastery of Vietanamese people that were vegetarian, but I never smelled them. Some races I can detect an odor depending upon their diet, but not the Vietnamesse. I don't know what they would have smelled like if they ate beef, chicken, etc.
Too much coffee makes me sweat and that makes me smell.
Garlic and onions make me smell too. Asparagus makes me smell. Indian food makes me smell.
Otherwise, I do not smell.
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