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by fc2 4675 days ago
>>the idea of chugging multiple cups of gray, sludgy drink daily sounds like an enormous burden that would grow tiring really quickly. It sounds like something that would make you dread the passing of the day, as another cup of slurry draws ever closer.

I guess some people just don't care about taste as much as they care about superior nutrition that uses less resources to produce and transport, and less time to prepare, consume and clean up.
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corresation 4675 days ago
uses less resources to produce

You've run the numbers on this?

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fc2 4675 days ago
No, but it sounds logical to me that it would be a lot more efficient to get, say, X tons of calcium from calcium carbonate than from milk, or protein from a high yielding source instead of one that needs to be tasty.
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dragonwriter 4675 days ago
> No, but it sounds logical to me that it would be a lot more efficient to get, say, X tons of calcium from calcium carbonate than from milk, or protein from a high yielding source instead of one that needs to be tasty.

It might be, if you were considering each individual micronutrient individually. The thing about real foods is that they tend to be sources of multiple micronutrients. You get more than calcium from milk.

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