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Re: "You can get 2,000 calories for a couple bucks." Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Can you please let us know how can you get 2,000 calor

• hollerith 2y ago
  Rice bought in bulk can certainly be had for that price per calorie with some left over for a little protein. I don't recommend anyone follow such a diet though.
• triceratops 2y ago
  Rice, beans, bananas, potatoes. It'll keep you alive but it won't be pretty.
• alright2565 2y ago
  I lived off $2/day in food for a few years in the US. Oat flour, protein powder, oil, and a multivitamin. My approach was a little more engineered than most people's would be, but definitely possible if maybe you expanded it to $3/day or $4/day.
  • danesparza 1y ago
    I'm a little surprised you didn't get scurvy, or have bone health issues (because of a lack of calcium or vitamin K2), have electrolyte imbalances, or have imbalances in fiber and essential fatty acids. But good for you. Thank goodness we don't base nutritional advice on anecdotal evidence.
    • alright2565 1y ago
      This is the precise recipe I followed: https://web.archive.org/web/20240408162605/https://www.completefoods.co/diy/recipes/brets-soylent-oat-rice-complete-low-price https://web.archive.org/web/20240408162605/https://www.compl... There was never any risk of any of those things, and if anything the diet proves out the quality of our understanding of nutrition.
• s1artibartfast 2y ago
  In addition to what others said, I buy 2 roast chickens a week for $5 each. Rice is $20/25 lbs, and 1600 calories/lb for 2000 calories/$ They are 6.5lbs after deboning. Cooked chicken skin on is 950 calories per pound. That is 620 calories/$. Tortillas themselves are 110 cal, and 4.99 for 100ct, or 2200 cal/$