From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Wed Apr 30 2003 - 20:11:30 MDT
From: Eliezer S. Yudkowsky [mailto:sentience@pobox.com]
> Harvey Newstrom wrote:
> >
> > - Sources of food are unimportant if they contain the same
> > nutrients and other chemicals. (Protein is protein,
> > whether it comes from meat or vegetables. Nutrients are
> > equivalent whether they come from "natural" or "unnatural"
> > sources.)
>
> This strikes me as controversial. I seem to recall quite a number
of
> studies which claim differential absorption of a given
> nutrient depending on various context variables, including what
> you ate along with it, or how the nutrient was embedded in the food.
Absolutely. In addition, it's almost certain that there are nutrients
which exist and have health benefits which we have not identified, and
that these account for some of the health benefits of fresh fruits and
vegetables.
mez
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