modifies DNA in order to improve the host or its offspring
A deficiency in the diet of the element Iodine [I] can lead to goiter. This is why in the U.S. we placed more of it in all table salt ("iodized salt").
The only exception would be nuclear energy. Heavy elements like Uranium got their stored energy from ancient supernovae, that doesn't come from the sun. And fusing hydrogen is tapping energy that has been around since the Big Bang.
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