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Comment omega 3 / omega 6 imbalance (Score 1) 281

The paper missed the omega 3 / omega 6 imbalance, which helps explaining why eating a lot of meat did not cause heart diseases and cancer up to the middle ages while it does now (hint: that meat was not fed with omega-6 rich plants such as soy).

Comment Cheaper, not more (Score 1) 133

This is not about producing more food, this is about reducing the production cost. After all, the same work could have been done by humans.

But I would appreciate other improvement from farming: Instead of producing more or cheaper, it would be nice to produce more sustainable: avoid erosion, limit chemical helpers, avoid GMO (which will just drive resistance against chemical helpers), manage water supply...

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