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In the description I gave I simply referred to the entity that binds to the receptor as a chemical, not a nutrient. It doesn't much matter what the functional purpose of the chemical is, so long as we assume that its binding to the receptor is of some value to the cell. Suppose some virus attacks your brain by binding to the same receptors that bind to neurotransmitters, and a 'cide is made that has these same receptors to catch the virus. Those receptors will also attach to neurotransmitters. This could deplete the neurotransmitters available to the cells, with very bad effects.

Now that example was hypothetical, and not relevant to Flucide, but the point is you can't assume that you can take any receptor on a cell, introduce billions of identical receptors that bind to the same chemicals, and not have any ill effects.