One of the things that's most impressive about humans is that, despite needing somewhere between 1200-2000 calories per day to survive, humans have managed to n

One of the things that's most impressive about humans is that, despite needing somewhere between 1200-2000 calories per day to survive, humans have managed to not only find that number pretty much anywhere on the planet, but find enough variety to provide for all essential nutrients. For example, I was idly watching this documentary [1] and there's a point where the subject of the film ends up living with some natives of micronesia. Here's the relevant bit https://youtu.be/-qSXyz3he3M?t=899 https://youtu.be/-qSXyz3he3M?t=899 Despite living on a tiny dot of land surrounded by undrinkable liquid and virtually no major sources of fresh water. These folks have managed to find that many calories x 150 people and get enough variety to get all of their major macro and micro nutrients covered. They've been successful enough at this to have made a successful go at it for thousands of years. And if you look at the people, they're not at near starvation levels of food. And we find this everywhere on the planet, humans of the same species, managed to spread to nearly every corner of the planet thousands upon thousands of years ago survive and thrive. That's amazing. There's lots of comments that remark on what you end up eating when you're starving. But I think the pattern is in many ways the opposite. Humans have been successful everywhere they could walk, climb or get to on a boat. Most of human habitation is one of getting enough to eat most of the time, at least long enough to reproduce and raise the next generation to the point that they can feed themselves. Another point is that humans have had various preservation techniques, in almost every society I know of, dating back into pre-history. The idea that you can apply a set of techniques that work one place to another makes complete sense. Cheese is likely the result of a very deliberate process and patience rather than a starving person desperately shoving anything that might have digestible calories into their mouth. 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSXyz3he3M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qSXyz3he3M