[DIYbio] Re: How difficult would it be to make a super food?

wouldn't it be best to start the brainstorming with an existing superfood (i.e. not mushroom). 

most likely the solution would be easier reached if fermented.  such as natto.

there were already some groups working on synbio biofactory for B-12 so that could be added to the ferment culture. 

not sure what point you are trying to imply with the comment "don't want to paint myself as some kind of vegan" which sounds like it could be with disparaging intent. 

On Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 11:30:33 AM UTC-7, Cory J. Geesaman wrote:

This is more just mental masturbation than anything, but does anyone have an ideas on how much work would be required to make a food that hits all the appropriate daily values of everything (essential vitamins included) for a Human from a single source, say a mushroom?  Are all the metabolic pathways and associated enzymes and genes known already for the synthesis of each of the essential vitamins?  Would those pathways compete with each other negatively, or would they more or less work in parallel without stepping on eachother's toes?  Mushrooms are kind of arbitrary, and I know I've heard potatoes are close, but are there other things that don't require direct sunlight and aren't animals?  (Again, this is just a curiosity, I don't want to paint myself as some kind of vegan.)

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