The Birth of Nutrition as an Academic Field
Journal Title: Scholarly Journal of Food and Nutrition - Year 2018, Vol 1, Issue 2
Abstract
Once upon a time matter existed. It did nothing. It existed. It was the size of a pebble. However, it had components. These components had a high attraction to one another. At some point one of these components became unstable. It no longer was attracted to the other components, but, was repelled by them. There was release of energy and matter divided. In that instant the pebble expanded to astronomical scope. This is currently named the “Big Bang Theory” of the origins of the universe. Expansion of the universe continues today, but, Hawking Hertog [1] have presented evidence that constant inflation into multiverses is not our future. They conclude that the exit from eternal inflation is finite and reasonably smooth for a system that is 13.8 billion years old. Within that expansion over the past 13.8 billion years a number of planets have been created that could support life. Earth is one of those planets. There are many theories of how life on this planet began. Most scientific evidence supports the development of single cell organisms about 3 billion years ago. The Miller-Urey experiment conducted in 1953 [2] attempted to replicate conditions that existed in the early Earth. An electrical spark simulating lightning was introduced into system containing water and basic organic components: carbon, hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen. Within one day their system contained several amino acids, the building blocks of protein, and simple carbohydrates. Abiogenesis is the process by which these nonliving components are thought to have developed into living cells. It is the predominant theory in biology today.
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Richard A Ahrens
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