Can the body ingest this particular item and deal with it in a reasonable way and not have internal havoc occur?

营养能否被身体摄取,能否被适当的消化,不导致机体的紊乱

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So if a food belongs to a class of foods that a class of items that contributes to that internal metabolic havoc, would that be reason to consider it a non-food?

如果某种食物,可以引起机体内代谢紊乱,将它们认定为非食品是否合理呢

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