Well, yeah, bit it would still likely help gain some nutrition from something that would otherwise pass clean through you. Our poops would look more like horse turds than cow pies. Just dense barely digested grass.
So…the top priority is to do widespread genetic modifications so people can get a minor or negligible amount of nutrition from eating something most people don’t normally want to eat?
Well, yeah, bit it would still likely help gain some nutrition from something that would otherwise pass clean through you. Our poops would look more like horse turds than cow pies. Just dense barely digested grass.
So…the top priority is to do widespread genetic modifications so people can get a minor or negligible amount of nutrition from eating something most people don’t normally want to eat?
Nope. Just so that you don’t starve in a crisis. Grass tastes gross. ;)