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Humans cannot survive on calories alone, though, and certainly aren't going to be healthy living on them. Protein has always been one of the most expensive part
by makomk 5y ago
Humans cannot survive on calories alone, though, and certainly aren't going to be healthy living on them. Protein has always been one of the most expensive parts of a healthy diet.
- dqv 5y agoThat's a great point. I can get a can of black beans for $0.50 (and dried black beans for even cheaper). I can get a chicken breast for ~$2. The black beans still net 98g of protein. But I also get an additional 500 calories more than the chicken beast. And that's with the subsidies for poultry. I'm also going to pre-empt the "not a complete protein source" argument with the fact that we're talking about a healthy diet and no one is eating only beans or only chicken in their diet. Plant proteins are always going to win in terms of cost efficiency over meat. There is always going to be a cost for the increased protein density of meat.
- flenserboy 5y agoCheck the DIAAS numbers and you might change your mind.
- dqv 5y agoI think it would have to be a lot more drastic to change my mind.
- 2ndorder 5y ago'Humans cannot survive on calories alone' - that made me smile... To add diseases, Ustilago maydis [1]: likes warm, moderatly dry, seeds spore-forming from and over wind transport, ya'll know fast driving cars on motorhighways or even the mechanic tail-spinning of modern 200m wind turbines, now i am not someone who may collect (realy) every physical fact (or the political ones) in a modell (hobbyist), but it sounds -financially-rewarding-(crossed out) -interesting-looking- interesting for me... [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustilago_maydis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ustilago_maydis