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Isn't the piece kind of silly? It implies that calorie intake must be food-based (that's even in the title) where all it shows is (the well known fact) people e
by Victerius 4y ago
Isn't the piece kind of silly? It implies that calorie intake must be food-based (that's even in the title) where all it shows is (the well known fact) people eating primarily food-based diets need to supplement their nutrition with stuff like soylent green./s
Let's not start replacing normal nutrition by pills if we can.
- inglor 4y agoI'm not sure how you got "replacing normal nutrition with pills" with "this article isn't news and its point is misleading" but ok.. My critique was about how they claim one thing (You need 50% of your protein to come from meat) but don't show it and instead show that if you don't take supplements you need to do that which is a _completely different claim_. The silly bit isn't that supplements are needed for a balanced plant-based diet it's that this piece is silly and the point it _actually_ makes isn't news. People supplement their diets all the time - babies get Vitamin D3 drops and iron drops. Mothers take folic acid during pregnancy. Would they die otherwise? Usually not, but supplementing your diet according to medical advice to avoid things like neurological defects is generally a good idea.
- 4b11b4 4y agoAnother example is magnesium. This isn't in "normal nutrition" anymore (it's no longer in soils of "normal" (industrial) agriculture, and thus I supplement it (happens to be delivered in the shape of a pill). My sleep mechanisms are night and day (no pun intended) because of this single supplement.