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All we need is a bunch of potatoes, but don't figure to have a healthy stock of ketchup on board.
by bdcravens 2y ago
All we need is a bunch of potatoes, but don't figure to have a healthy stock of ketchup on board.
- squidgedcricket 2y agoPotatoes aren't enough by themselves, you need dairy to hit all the nutritional requirements.
- Ma8ee 2y agoWhy do you think so?
- staplers 2y agohttps://www.snopes.com/fact-check/potato-butter-diet/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/potato-butter-diet/ Could keep you alive long enough but eventually you'd want some other nutrients.
- Ma8ee 2y agoMaybe there's a joke here that I'm not aware of, but my question was mostly why they think dairy is necessary. I do believe that potatoes isn't enough, but you don't need dairy products.
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- BizarroLand 2y agoIn the movie "The Martian" Matt Damon grew potatoes on Mars. Lived off of them and ketchup for a long time, and the ketchup ran out.
- bdcravens 2y agolol I wondered how long it would be before someone got it
- Supermancho 2y ago> you don't need dairy products. You generally need animal products for B12, but you can use supplements, I think. B12 deficiency can take a year or more to manifest severe symptoms.
- m463 2y agoyou still haven't properly implemented nachos.
- _yb2s 2y agoThere doesn't seem to be any single food that is alone nutritionally complete, but potatoes are certainly one of the closest... many people seem to do well with just potatoes for a month or two. A few supplements (B12, etc.) would likely allow potatoes to work long term.
- bdcravens 2y agoBizarroLand wins the award for getting the joke (reference to the movie "The Martian"). Please forgive my taste for very nuanced humor. :-)
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- grues-dinner 2y agoMaybe, but if the colonists keep sending video diary messages while talking with their mouths full, I vote we just leave them up there.