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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 potat
by inglor_cz 5y 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 5y agoFurthermore, the Irish survived on potatoes and cream alone.
- sph 5y agoThe 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.