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"Vegetables " are not cheaper than meat. Grains are cheaper than meat. Most vegetables are very expensive per calorie compared to meat. Chickens in particular
by ouid 4y ago
"Vegetables " are not cheaper than meat. Grains are cheaper than meat. Most vegetables are very expensive per calorie compared to meat.
Chickens in particular are very efficient at turning feed corn into usable protein. 3000 calories of fully cooked chicken costs $5 at costco.
- Gigachad 4y agoJust add olive oil to any food you want more energy in. As long as the base food meets the nutritional needs, adding oil is a pretty good strategy.
- hn_throwaway_99 4y agoA lot of fat plus carbs with little protein? That's the exact opposite of what I'm going for when I eat a chicken breast.
- cyphereal 4y agoMost westerners are not calorie starved. You can get cheap calories everywhere (e.g. calorie-bombs of expiring chicken covered in oil and salt, roasted and sold super cheap to get rid of them ASAP). Reductio ad absurdum - just eat palm oil. I would argue it's not a good metric.