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gtdhvylast Friday at 3:54 PM2 repliesview on HN

You can though. People eat gold all the time.


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nkrisclast Friday at 4:08 PM

Fine: you can't physiologically sustain yourself on a diet of gold alone. Gold is not a nutritionally complete diet. If all you have to eat is gold, you will soon be dead.

catlikesshrimpyesterday at 4:16 AM

Midas didn't eat gold, and that's all he could have had.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midas#Golden_Touch