/sci/ - Science & Math

Ya'll guys always think my ideas are stupid but whatever here goes another one.

Okay, so what this guy says is sound in concept. Obviously it's not going to be nutritionally complete for a human but the website even mentions you should only use it for 50% of diet and then supplement it to the specific dietary needs of the primate you're feeding. Obviously gorillas or even chimps aren't as carnivorous as humans, they could not survive the Inuit lifestyle any more than a humans can stomach any amount of browse more than a salad or the wood pulp they add to fast food smoothies. Different species, different needs, but can share the same formulated base, they just need tailoring.

So on paper, this is a really easy, really cheap way to be as healthy as the exotic animals that zoos have a vested interest in keeping healthy because they're expensive to replace and lucrative when virile.

Here's the thing, there's not exactly a Human-oriented "Daily Recommended Nutrition" label on a multi-species feed that's technically intended for non-human primates. So if I were to hypothetically Return to Monke and try this, how do I figure out what vitamins and macronutrients I need to be supplementing for the other 50% of my diet, and how much? We're different, but we're not that different, there should be an answer to this, assuming I can figure out a way to determine the nutritional contents of the biscuit chow and how much progress it makes towards filling a human's needs. The originator just said to throw some eggs and hotdogs at it, but that seems like a good way to end up low in like, iodine or something that nobody ever thinks about but fucks your shit when you're deficient.

No.