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moonpiedumplings@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago

What's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they?

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What's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they?

moonpiedumplings@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months ago
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Inspired by this comment.

I’m curious.

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  • Kissaki@feddit.org
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    21 days ago

    With enough body fat, sprinkle in a bit of electrolyte and maybe vitamins and that’s all you need.

    I remember reading of a supervised case like that, many months, if not a year. I couldn’t find it with a quick search.

    • jet@hackertalks.com
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      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus_Barbieri's_fast

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        I’m pretty sure I read/saw a more recent case. But this serves as a good source/proof too. Thanks

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    Alls I know is it isn’t ichiban noodles. I ate those for 3 straight weeks and almost lost my nails and hair.

    Nutrition is really important yo. Eat your veggies and balance your fibre and protein.

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    Me personally? I could probably make it years on beans, rice, and greens if I had to. Collard greens, rice and beans, oil and spices to season them, and onions.

    So glad I don’t have to, but if I had to choose that would be it.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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    I pretty much live off energy drinks and rice rn.

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      4 months ago

      My dude, do you need some easy recipes? That can’t be good for your mental health.

      • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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        4 months ago

        No.

        I need money to be able to afford better food.

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          Energy drinks are expensive, health and money.

          • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.social
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            Redbull and Monster are expensive. Venom and Unbound Energy are less than a dollar.

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              A 32 oz bag of dried beans is $2. A 2 lb bag of carrots, also $2. Cook these together and you have a ton of meals

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                Too bad I only have $3. Cooking my rice in Unbound Energy instead of water.

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    Egg-bread & scrambled-eggs ( with a multivitamin every other day ) can get you FAR, ultra-cheap ( if you ever need to get through a month on nearly-nothing ).

    ( obviously this isn’t long-term, this is short-term-survival stuff )

    add-in carrots, if you can.

    A bit of broccoli makes a BIG difference in one’s health.

    Do what you can to get some omega-3’s into you: our bodies can’t make them, & if our bodies have to make omega-6’s & omega-9’s, apparently they just run mitochondria backwards, to do it.

    Even a tablespoon of olive-oil / day will help your body keep functioning.

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    oatmeal, rice, beans, tomatoes, spices, broccoli. each of those foods is truly non-negotiable for me and without one life is not worth living. thanks.

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    I know this is Lemmy and all, but, uh, beans.

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    4 months ago

    Eggs chicken rice mixed greens broccoli

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    4 months ago

    Eggs and potatoes?

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    I don’t have the expertise to answer the question, but I’m sad that so many answers here are jokes, or five word answers that aren’t at all helpful :-(

    Was really interested in this and hoped there’d be some knowledgeable people out there to educate us on this stuff!

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    https://youtube.com/@steve1989mre

  • gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    I’m not sure but i guess milk might be fine.

    Consider how babies live off entirely milk for a few months, i guess it has everything they need. There might be a difference between cow/human metabolism or adult/baby metabolism though.

    • furry toaster@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      human milk probably does better than cow milk just saying

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        maybe nutrient-wise but not for my bank account :(

      • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
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        That depends on the results you want. Cows milk is absolutely amazing at helping your little heifer gain 600 pounds in the first 6 months of life. Do what you will with that info.

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    Breastmilk should be enough. Just difficult to source.

  • Scott 🇨🇦🏴‍☠️@sh.itjust.works
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    Pizza. Endless variety.

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    4 months ago

    Potato

    • kata1yst@sh.itjust.works
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      4 months ago

      I’ve often heard repeated that a human can live on water, potatoes, and salted butter basically indefinitely.

      Not sure how true, but seems plausible.

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        “beriberi” is malnutrition: it means literally “i cannot”.

        You become … not very able to do what you need to do, to survive, on this kind of diet, fairly quickly.

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