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But if we eat the animals that eat the grain arnt we kinda eating the grain... like indirectly? If I grind the grain into a kinda dust and then let tiny organis
by petermcneeley 4y ago
But if we eat the animals that eat the grain arnt we kinda eating the grain... like indirectly? If I grind the grain into a kinda dust and then let tiny organisms eat the dust and then cook those organisms am I eating grain?
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- michaelbuckbee 4y agoYou are, but you're eating far more grain than you would otherwise be as there are huge energy losses (the animals expend energy being alive after eating the grain) than if you at the grain directly.
- danhak 4y agoAbout 90% of energy is lost from one trophic level to the next
- ephbit 4y agoWith modern urban lifestyles requiring (for many people) a lot less calories than ancient lifestyles of running around some great plains this is actually a feature to some degree for many people People need to take up protein. If the protein comes with significantly more calories than they burn, they're more likely to gain weight.
- ephbit 4y agoNot sure why this got down voted. Maybe because it can be read as if I were arguing in favor of eating more meat. I am not. I am just pointing out why primitive advice such as "Just replace the meat in your diet with grain" might lead to new problems. People should stop reducing this discussion to the matter of calories. As far as I know people who eat too little protein, overeat on stuff like grains for this very reason. The body wants the protein.