Alicorn comments on Announcing the Quantified Health Prize - Less Wrong

50 Post author: Zvi 02 December 2011 06:01AM

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Comment author: JosephBuchignani 04 December 2011 02:41:36PM -2 points [-]

Actually, you can get all vitamins, minerals and micronutrients by eating scallops only. It's a whole animal and mineral rich due to inexhaustibility of ocean water (compared to soil mineral content).

But you still need rice and fish protein for nutritional bulk and flavor.

Comment author: Alicorn 05 December 2011 05:08:37PM 1 point [-]

Are there other foods with this property? I hate scallops. (And shrimp.)

Comment author: JosephBuchignani 05 December 2011 09:35:30PM 2 points [-]

In theory, any shellfish should do it. Shrimp don't have this property. Shrimp are scavengers, whereas shellfish filter water. The latter activity is what creates the high mineral content.

Comment author: Alicorn 05 December 2011 09:57:49PM -2 points [-]

Clams?

Comment author: JosephBuchignani 06 December 2011 01:01:37AM 0 points [-]

Yep, should work

Comment author: [deleted] 06 December 2011 09:45:31PM -2 points [-]

Any bivalve, really -- clams, oysters, mussels.