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I don’t want anything, here. Just a drive-by comment on what foods humans can (easily) do without, nutritionally. Soybeans are up there.

• triceratops 8mo ago
  > Just a drive-by comment on what foods humans can (easily) do without, nutritionally. And I'm telling you that economically, not to mention thermodynamically, you're completely wrong. 50% of all calories all humans consume come from wheat, rice, and maize. Add in tubers and that rises to 90%. If you* want to do without something, then beef is the only rational choice. There are many, many cheaper nutritional substitutes for beef. Such substitutes don't exist for rice or corn. * not "you" specifically, you may be able to afford a 100% beef diet. But it's literally impossible for everyone to swing it.
• recursivecaveat 8mo ago
  The americas didn't have cattle or bananas until the spanish though. That's 10s of millions of people who were living completely without those foods.