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What's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they? (programming.dev)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I'm curious.

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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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