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The body also needs some other nutrients than the carbs you‘d find in potatoes and rice…

• inglor_cz 4y ago
  Potatoes are actually the better option. IIRC there was a long experiment in pre-war Poland (University of Lwow, now Lviv in Ukraine) to demonstrate that potatoes consumed with milk, sour cream etc., while very being a very monotonous diet, can nevertheless sustain adults without causing them nutritional deficiencies. Of course, you need to be able to tolerate milk, which many East Asians aren't.
  • jsiaajdsdaa 4y ago
    Furthermore, the Irish survived on potatoes and cream alone.
  • sph 4y ago
    The milk doing all the hard work, as it's a nutritionally complete food to raise babies. You don't last long on potatoes only. I bet milk only is doable even if very not optimal to an adult body.