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I'm not sure where you get the idea that we have a very solid idea of our nutritional requirements. Every few years milk is bad, then good again, then bed again
by rowanG077 6y ago
I'm not sure where you get the idea that we have a very solid idea of our nutritional requirements. Every few years milk is bad, then good again, then bed again. Some can be said about eggs or meat or coffee or many other foods.
We do know on a very, very granular level that we need some nutrients in some quantities to function at all. But we have almost zero clue on how to actually optimize our nutrition. And the biggest reason is that there are no studies actually trying to find this out.
- maxerickson 6y agoIn that framing, I'm arguing that there isn't much optimization to be done. It's appealing to think that we haven't even started of course, but malnourishment has become an economic disease.
- rowanG077 6y agoDo you have any basis for arguing that there isn't much optimization to be done? Food is one of the largest foreign influences on our body, next to air and radiation. It's a wholly untested field so it's surprising to me to say the least to think that there isn't much to gain there.