Is it possible to create a "perfect food"?

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
BTW, I don't know if you know this, but you don't need carbs to survive. Carbs are non-essential.

Looks like Carb here just found a new nickname...

 

[SphinxnihpS]

It has already been created. It's called file gumbo.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
BTW, I don't know if you know this, but you don't need carbs to survive. Carbs are non-essential.

You sure are on top of your food pyramid, aren't you?

 

[Vehemence]

Epic Breakfast? from an earlier thread is pretty close.

 

[djheater]

Some medical conditions prevent a person from eating. The prescribed 'diet' is usually a liquid, often milk-based, protein shake delivered via GI tube. (A tube surgically inserted in your small intestine) A machine slowly delivers the 'food' at a rate your gi tract can process.

 

[PepePeru]

a nutrient rich goo.

I'm intrigued.

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: G Wizard
a nutrient rich goo.

I'm intrigued.

insert naughty comment here

 

[thirtythree]

Mmm... jevilicious. "For supplemental or sole-source nutrition." Unfortunately, it's a pretty hefty price tag.

 

[PottedMeat]

Pigs with brown sugar and hickory smoke pumping through their veins.

You've got the essentials - ribs, roast, chops, and bacon.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Soylent Green

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
BTW, I don't know if you know this, but you don't need carbs to survive. Carbs are non-essential.

I would disagree with this on the level that your digestive system needs fiber to keep it clean and there is nothing better for this than complex carbs.

 

[rise]

yep

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Originally posted by: MagnusTheBrewer
Soylent Green

Worst movie in the history of movies to receive such high praise and have such a lasting impression.

 

[Papagayo]

How about salad?

That was easy....


Mods, perfect food found.. lock thread please..

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Originally posted by: Papagayo
How about salad?

That was easy....


Mods, perfect food found.. lock thread please..

How the hell is salad better than hamsteacon with a side of waffles?

 

[Foxery]

Originally posted by: thirtythree

Originally posted by: darkxshade
You're not looking for the perfect food, you're looking for the perfect diet.

No. I mean, assuming we knew what the ideal blend of nutrients was, would it be possible to combine them all into a single food or drink or pill? I see no reason it wouldn't be but I have a friend who insists it isn't. She's saying something about the breakdown of histidine and methionine but I can't make much sense of it...

I'd have to say yes, since we have already done exactly this for dogs and cats. We just haven't convinced anyone to eat the same thing every day for 15 years.

 

[DrPizza]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Sorry, it has already been created. It's called pizza.

Agreed. Plus, chicken wings and a steak sub about once a week each for the extra protein.

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: dNor
Epic Breakfast? from an earlier thread is pretty close.

Pay my royalties. Now

 

[SagaLore]

Spirulina.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead
eggs are the (almost) complete food

If you ate the shell, then it would be complete.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
BTW, I don't know if you know this, but you don't need carbs to survive. Carbs are non-essential.

Stop eating carbs for 6 months, let us know how that goes.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: rasczak

Originally posted by: thirtythree
Is it possible to create a perfect food or drink or pill that provides an ideal blend of proteins, fats, carbs, vitamins and minerals, etc.? -- something that could be a person's sole source of nutrition for his/her adult life.

it's already been created, their called doritos.

Check out the ingredient list sometime - they contain nearly every known compound.


Is is possible? Yes. It's probably just not economical to do.

Make a line of "Bachelor Chow, with Flavor" - and make it come in more than one "flavor." They could probably come up with something like that within a year, and make every bite taste like bacon, waffles, and sex - but it would cost $50/serving. The next step would of course be to make it cheap. Market that to college students, and you've got yourself a ton of money. Isolate chemicals that would make it taste like cheap beer.....or whatever else it is that people drink. Or wings - "wings nights" seem popular out here. All the taste of excellent chicken wings with 5000x more nutrition.
Then outsource production to a certain unnamed country, and have it all made with a healthy dose of melamine.

Originally posted by: DrPizza

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Sorry, it has already been created. It's called pizza.

Agreed. Plus, chicken wings and a steak sub about once a week each for the extra protein.

Oh come on, you're obviously biased.

 

[BoomerD]

Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Sorry, it has already been created. It's called pizza.

EXACTLY what I came in to post...The Italians created this perfect food a LONG time ago.

 

[Arcadio]

Originally posted by: SagaLore

Originally posted by: Arcadio
BTW, I don't know if you know this, but you don't need carbs to survive. Carbs are non-essential.

Stop eating carbs for 6 months, let us know how that goes.

I sense a feeling of incredulity. I'm not making that up. It's a fact.

 

[Chaotic42]

Originally posted by: Arcadio
I sense a feeling of incredulity. I'm not making that up. It's a fact.

THink about how good it would feel to really go six months without eating any carbohydrates and then tell us all off. I say you do it.