Everything you learned about getting nutrition from plants is wrong
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People have always eaten plants. For a long time, everyone thought we couldn't break down a major plant constituent, cellulose. Cellulose is in plant walls and could give us calories, but it seemed we couldn't use it for energy. Even though we knew eating plants with cellulose was good for us, we thought cellulose had little to no nutritional value. Cows and horses, on the other hand, can digest plants to get energy.
Everything you learned about getting nutrition from plants is wrong
Everything you learned about getting…
Everything you learned about getting nutrition from plants is wrong
People have always eaten plants. For a long time, everyone thought we couldn't break down a major plant constituent, cellulose. Cellulose is in plant walls and could give us calories, but it seemed we couldn't use it for energy. Even though we knew eating plants with cellulose was good for us, we thought cellulose had little to no nutritional value. Cows and horses, on the other hand, can digest plants to get energy.