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What's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they? (programming.dev)
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I'm curious.

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[–] 25 points 9 months ago (15 children)
  • Rice
  • Beans

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  • [–] 25 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    You're missing a bunch of micro nutrients which would cause problems over time with this. It has all the calories and protein you need though.

    Add in some fat from somewhere like cooking oil, and a handful of vegetables like onions, carrots, etc. and you'd last a fairly normal human lifespan.

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  • [–] 11 points 9 months ago

    Vegetables often contain oil, the problem is getting omega-3's, which our bodies can't make.

    In the sea, it's algae who're producing it: then krill, then squid/fish/etc eat them..

    some plants make it, some don't..

    olives are good, olive-oil, etc..

    but anybody who's eating squash is getting omega-6's or 9's, even though it seems non-intuitive.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (11 children)

    Any particular type of beans? Red? Black? Lentils?

    Does the type of rice matter?

    I’m intrigued by this possibility.

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  • [–] 9 points 9 months ago (9 children)

    Does the type of rice matter?

    Yes; make sure it's whole grain. White rice is essentially junk food, with most of its fiber, vitamins & minerals stripped in the de-hulling process.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    I have a sack of white rice to eat through... I don't really know what to do with it all. My partner got it from work. Would rather basmati rice really.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    A lot of rice sold (most?) is "enriched" so the vitamins and minerals are added back. But the fiber is gone and rinsing the rice washes away the nutrient powder.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (4 children)

    Why do people wash rice? Never really bothered with it. 2:1 usually works pretty nicely, get the water boiling add the rice and put it on low. Come back when ready.

    Or like 4-5 to 1 with milk and have it as rice pudding/porridge.

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Washing rice makes the final texture better. Unwashed rice has a coating of starch that causes the grains to stick together in a gooey mess.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    You might mix it with non-junk food rice. Shortgrain-brown might have a similar-enough cooking time that they can be mixed together. I'm hazy on that, as I stopped eating rice years ago, replacing it with steel-cut oats.

    Or, who knows... maybe you could donate the sack to a food bank?

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago*

    Afaik pretty much any kind of cereal with any kind of legume provide the essential amino acids needed by the body. Both of them have protein, but not the full set of amino acids that the body requires in a certain proportion.

    Idk about vitamins, though.

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