Lisa Haushofer, "Wonder Foods: The Science and Commerce of Nutrition" (U California Press, 2022)
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The Evolution of Digestive Enzymes
In the 19th century there was a fascination with optimizing human digestive right so we have kind of both sides of the argument about how to do that. And again but it's also about optimizing resource usage, which is, you know, continuing over from chapter two and in chapter three you're looking at this thing called beggars food. This is basically enzymes added to warm milk to help pre digest starches and proteins. It begins as a medical product to assist people with weak or weakened digestion, and then becomes one of these British consumer products enriched with digestive enzymes. So rather than using your own digestive organs to digest, you pour a rule into a bowl and then you add digestive enzymes and then
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