We simply don't know enough about human physiology or the physical structure of food at this time in history for an engineering project like this to be a non-ridiculous venture.

You should tell that to the medical meal-replacement people; they seem to be guilty of terrible malpractice in feeding patients foodstuffs which are impossibly to design safely.

this might be the worst comment I can remember

Or to elaborate: NO ONE CAN POSSIBLY UNDERSTAND THIS OTHER THAN THIS SMALL SUBCULTURE OF BOOKS I READ AND THEY SOMEHOW HAVE THE ONLY RIGHT ANSWER DESPITE THERE BEING LITERALLY BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IT FOR WHOEVER FIGURES IT OUT.