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Here you go: Liver, heart, kidney, eggs, canned mackerel/sardines/oysters/clams. Hard to beat these-- they usually range from dirt cheap to cheap-when-on-sale/d
by QuantumAphid 7y ago
Here you go: Liver, heart, kidney, eggs, canned mackerel/sardines/oysters/clams. Hard to beat these-- they usually range from dirt cheap to cheap-when-on-sale/discount.
- moltar 7y agoButter too
- QuantumAphid 7y agoTo a lesser extent, yes. The balance tilts more toward energy/calories than nutrients, but I am a big fan of butter too.
- yomly 7y agoOysters and clams are cheap????
- cheath 7y agoThey are when they are the canned variant!
- simias 7y agoDepends where you live and the time of the year. Clams in particular can be dirt cheap.
- yomly 7y agoOh whoops - I just remembered that once upon a time in Orlando you could get them at like half a doller an oyster. Here in the UK you can easily spend up to £5 a shuck
- misterprime 7y agoI've only ever checked the prices at restaurants. Maybe I should see about having these at home!
- pp19dd 7y agoNot that this is a practical solution for everyone or that it's easy, but oyster larvae/seeds are remarkably cheap. 1 mm seeds are $10.00 for 1,000 and 40 mm seeds are $135.00 for 1,000 in Maryland. So $0.01 per oyster or $0.13 1/2 a piece if you can't wait long to eat them.
- QuantumAphid 7y agoCanned/tinned.
- latch 7y agoI'd guess rice & lentils might be cheaper (especially since they be can bought in bulk & stored), more nutritious, more readily available world wide and more sustainable.
- raverbashing 7y agoOr beans. Though they take a long time to cook
- fjp 7y agoNot black beans! When I'm extra lazy I also like Trader Joe's pre-spiced cans of black beans too.
- throw0101a 7y agoPressure cooker, either stove top or electric (a la Instant Pot). * https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-pressure-cooker/ https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-pressure-cooker/ * https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-electric-pressure-cooker/ https://thewirecutter.com/reviews/best-electric-pressure-coo... * https://www.amazon.com/Pressure-Cooker-Perfection-Foolproof-Recipes/dp/1936493411 https://www.amazon.com/Pressure-Cooker-Perfection-Foolproof-...
- GordonS 7y agoNot if you buy tinned beans. They'll never be as cheap as dried beans of course, but they are still very cheap.
- cco 7y ago"more nutritious", what do you mean by this? Rice is fairly devoid of nutrients relative to beef liver or any other meats mentioned.
- ip26 7y agoRice paired with a pulse, together, are usually considered to be pretty balanced & healthy. Rice has the calories, the pulse has most everything else.
- zrs6yk 7y agoMultivitamins are very nutrient dense and cheap.
- cmurf 7y agoYeah but to what degree are they absorbed and used versus just peed out? What is the mechanism by which nutrients are absorbed? Does the gut recognize a nutrient indirectly only because it comes along for the ride with XYZ plant or animal? Or does the gut directly recognize the nutrient?
- def_true_false 7y ago> Yeah but to what degree are they absorbed and used versus just peed out? Considering multivitamins cost basically nothing, you don't have to care about paying for the stuff you end up peeing out.
- zrs6yk 7y agoWell if in blood test you are diagnosed with vitamin deficiency, it's treated with pills. So they are effective. 1. Take it together with food (containing fat) so it gets dissolved. 2. For each micronutrient check if it's in the best available form, and big enough dose.
- bluGill 7y agoSometimes vitamin deficiency is treated will pills. I know people who have to get vitamin shots because pills don't work for their condition. I always tell people treat vitamin deficiency with a healthy diet, if that doesn't work you have a gut problem and pills won't fix it either. I'm not a doctor, but it is a reasonable claim.
- QuantumAphid 7y agoMultivitamins are not food, at least not natural whole food. They're supplements, as in to supplement any gap in vitamins from eating actual food.
- JohnJamesRambo 7y agoI don’t know if anyone reading this will find this useful but I just now discovered canned mackerel in olive oil as a meat source and it is incredible. It almost feels like taking an antidepressant. Some magic about eating the fish that I have never experienced taking omega-3 pills or fish oil pills. I even started looking better and my brother noticed I looked healthier.
- JamesBarney 7y agoIf you don't get the same effect from salmon it might be because they have a large amount of phosphatidylserine which is a anti-inflammatory/immune suppressant.
- random_comment 7y agoTry adding some chilli sauce. Mixed with the olive oil and fish it's amazing. After experimenting with quite a lot of chilli sauce with mackerel/oil over a period of years, I really recommend "Encona West Indian Hot Pepper Sauce". If the 'sunflower oil' etc versions of the mackerel are available it also mixes extremely well with those and they can be cheaper than the olive oil tins.
- QuantumAphid 7y agoAgree on all counts except the sunflower oil. In general, avoid seed/vegetable oils, especially if they are used in high-heat cooking as in this example. Vegetable/seed oils are not whole foods or naturally stable. They are modern frankenfoods made from leftover agri-waste via industrial chemical processes. Under high heat these oils become highly oxidated and not the kind of stuff you want your body to deal with.
- McWobbleston 7y agoDo you have a source on this? Because this is contrary to what I have learned
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- MagicPropmaker 7y agoWe get jarred "Sprats" from a store that caters to russians here. A few of them on toast for a quick breakfast or lunch is very satisfying.
- toephu2 7y agoEating the liver, heart, and kidney is cheap and healthy? of what animals?
- metanoia 7y agoGrass fed animals, typically beef. The nutrient density is off the charts. When I eat dessicated beef liver (available in pill form), the code just flows out of me... It's not cheap unfortunately, feedlot beef and chicken muscle meat is typically cheaper than grass fed beef liver.
- QuantumAphid 7y agoProbably the best food you can put in your body, bar none. It depends what you like. Most people don't care for organ meats, which is why they're so cheap. In general, any of those organs from cattle/bison, sheep, goats, pigs, or poultry are great. My favorite liver is bison liver (you can order it online, but it's $10 for 8 ounces, not so cheap.). Those of you who prefer something closer to steak, try any kind of heart. Beef heart is great and super cheap ($1 lb or less?), but lamb/sheep heart is my favorite. I've got some kidney in my freezer, but I haven't gotten into it yet-- since I enjoy liver, heart and tongue-- that pretty much covers my nutrient needs.
- QuantumAphid 7y agohttps://chriskresser.com/natures-most-potent-superfood/ https://chriskresser.com/natures-most-potent-superfood/
- wooger 7y agoAny animal that humans eat. Cows, Pigs, sheep. All good.
- oliwarner 7y agoHard to beat, unless you value a healthy lower-GI tract. Fibre is important.
- QuantumAphid 7y agoSee my other comment: Fiber and colorectal diseases: Separating fact from fiction - World Journal of Gastroenterology https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v13/i31/4161.htm
- oliwarner 7y agoThe conclusions drawn on colorectal cancer here are in direct contradiction with many other studies, before and since. Of course fibre-loading a chronically constipated IBS patient is a stupid thing to do, but seriously, "fibre is protective against CRC" is not a controversial statement. Eg, https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0039361#s3 https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal...