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The most popular author claiming natural foods are better is Michael Pollan (who is admittedly a writer rather than a scientist, but whose views appear to be wi
by dbecker 14y ago
The most popular author claiming natural foods are better is Michael Pollan (who is admittedly a writer rather than a scientist, but whose views appear to be widely shared in the scientific community).
Googling will show as many links as you could possibly want, but you might start with
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t....
- stdbrouw 14y agoMy point was more basic: current nutritional thinking does not and cannot make any claims about a food type which doesn't yet exist, and food is not good or bad simply because it belongs to a certain category like "natural". (That said, thanks for the link.)
- dbecker 14y agoThe claim is basically that humans are incapable of manufacturing healthy food. You may disagree with the premise, but the conclusion "food manufactured on a 3d printer will not be healthy" does follow logically from it.