Re: Breakfast in a Pill

Chris Hind (chind@juno.com)
Sun, 29 Dec 1996 23:12:36 -0800

>This is effectively impossible. The total caloric requirements of a human
>being far exceed the quantity that can be stored in a single pill. The
>caloric density will never be achieved, at least not without radically
>rewiring the human metabolism. And this excludes certain materials the body
>needs in quantity outside its basic caloric requirements.
>
>Unless you feel like popping handfuls of pills, I see this as a totally
>impractical solution.

Then what is the smallest food product or products that you can survive off
of with complete nutrition? Rice? I'd like to find some sort of food or
foods that will take the least amount to consume but are just as nutritious
as a full meal.

"A mind once stretched by a new idea never regains it's original
dimensions."

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