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> "Today's science doesn't known the chemicals required in a healthy diet" This is quite ridiculous. We've mapped the nutrients required by our cells down to a
by pippy 12y ago
> "Today's science doesn't known the chemicals required in a healthy diet"
This is quite ridiculous. We've mapped the nutrients required by our cells down to a molecular level. We've even got a thorough understanding of the interaction between the food we eat and how the microbial ecosystem in our digestive system breaks down our food as we digest it.
We have less understanding of the "natural" foods we eat. We've only mapped only a few genomes of the stable foods, let alone a complex break down of the exotic foods in the grocery store isle. The cocktail of organic molecules in the average fruit or vegetable is overwhelming, and many of them have been proved to be highly carcinogenic. Apples for example contain arsenic, amongst other poisonous chemicals. You get diarrhoea after eating too many fruits because of this. You also have pesticides, fertilisers, preservatives, and packaging contamination in 'natural' food.
I'm not against eating healthy, but the "we don't know if it causes cancer" banter is quite arrogant.
The concept of Soylent is great as it can be tailored for human requirements.
- jasonl99 12y ago>> We've mapped the nutrients required by our cells down to a molecular level. We've even got a thorough understanding of the interaction between the food we eat and how the microbial ecosystem in our digestive system breaks down our food as we digest it. This belief, in a nutshell, is the problem with nutrition. We have done no such thing, but we've convinced ourselves that we have. I have no doubt that we aren't even capable of understanding half the shit that goes on to turn food into energy. At one point, society killed people who dared claim that the Earth revolved around the sun. We should never think, even for a second, that we have all the answers, and we should be immediately suspicious of any claim that we do.
- wyager 12y ago> I have no doubt that we aren't even capable of understanding half the shit that goes on to turn food into energy. Why? What physical property of the universe precludes us from understanding metabolism?