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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle

Why can sheep flourish on grass, while humans need all sorts of food?

Happy on grass ... Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters
Happy on grass ... Photograph: Tim Wimborne/Reuters

How is it that sheep manage perfectly successfully on a diet of grass alone, whereas we humans are constantly being told about the need to have a nutritious and varied diet in order to be healthy?

Peter Hanson, Exeter

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