Moreover, the organism can afford to require precise balance between nutrients foobar and bazqux if they are nearly always found in the same proportions in its food. When you start supplementing foobar but not bazqux, you won’t like the results. And you’ll need a lot of knowledge to take into account all such interactions.
I am not a nutritionist, but I once read in The Economist that something like that was going on between omega-6 and omega-3, and between short- and long-chain omega-3.
Moreover, the organism can afford to require precise balance between nutrients foobar and bazqux if they are nearly always found in the same proportions in its food. When you start supplementing foobar but not bazqux, you won’t like the results. And you’ll need a lot of knowledge to take into account all such interactions.
Right, that’s what’s being called for. A lot of knowledge.
That sounds plausible. Any specific real-world examples?
I am not a nutritionist, but I once read in The Economist that something like that was going on between omega-6 and omega-3, and between short- and long-chain omega-3.