Taken literally, this is false. Children voraciously isn’t literally an epiphenomenon of their growth. If it were, children would still grow regardless of how little they eat. But in fact, not eating enough when you’re a kid stunts your growth.
It is literally true. Notice the tense. It’s not an effect of their growth it’s an effect of their being something that is growing—having a hormonal system that is aligned toward increasing size.
What are you not buying—that that’s what Taubes is saying? Because there’s some pretty direct cites here and also your pointless refusal to listen to what is a pretty clear explanation makes you look arbitrarily closed-minded.
It is literally true. Notice the tense. It’s not an effect of their growth it’s an effect of their being something that is growing—having a hormonal system that is aligned toward increasing size.
Are you saying that children would grow eating nothing? If not, what’s with the word games?
Cells won’t grow from nothing unless they’re made of nothing.
Sorry, not buying it.
Not buying what? I’m just explaining the position and asking what you find incoherent about it.
What are you not buying—that that’s what Taubes is saying? Because there’s some pretty direct cites here and also your pointless refusal to listen to what is a pretty clear explanation makes you look arbitrarily closed-minded.