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My understanding is that there are very few foods that are fine to live off of exclusively, especially vegetarian ones. Potatoes are the most famous example whe
by wongarsu 3y ago
My understanding is that there are very few foods that are fine to live off of exclusively, especially vegetarian ones. Potatoes are the most famous example where it is possible, but even there it only works if you eat both white potatoes and sweet potatoes, which come from quite different plants from different taxonomic families.
- exogenousdata 3y agoAcorns come pretty close. Protein, carbohydrates, and fats, as well as calcium, phosphorus, potassium & niacin. Just leech those tannins!!
- Tor3 3y agoFrom what I've understood from one particular (very early) experiment of living on just potatoes for a year is that it worked because (for some reason) the participants had, or developed, a particular gut microbiome which could transform some of the potato starch to additional nutrients which their bodies could then use.