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Iirc, some nutritionist a while back did an experiment where they ate only potatoes for X number of days and proved that you can survive indefinitely off of only potatoes. You can also bury a piece of a potato and it willl grow into a potato plant. They're basically an infinite food glitch.
potatoes are awesome but you can have a bad harvest
or a blight affecting all of your region's potatoes.
AKA "the English"
I like how this comment has more upvotes than the starting one, a rare occasion
Or heavy metal in the soil.
If my memory serves it was over a year, and the only thing he needed was B12 tablets.
I only recall the guy that did it for 60 days but he had to eat 7-8 pounds of potatoes a day to hit minimum protein requirements. His health markers were also very misleading because he went into the experiment as an unhealthy person. His bloodwork showed improvement because he was only eating potatoes rather than junk. Potatoes don't have fat, so you're not getting any essential omegas and along with the B12, there is little to none of: A, D, E, K, B2, B7, selenium, calcium, zinc, and a couple essential aminos
Those deficiencies would lead to muscle wasting, loss of sight, hormone imbalances, weak bones, permanent nerve damage etc.
If you put someone who is in good health on a potato diet for a year, even with B12, they would likely be looking at multiple organ failure by the end of that year
Eggs, cheese, onions, and a bit of cooking oil really complete most of the missing nutrients. Rather cheaply as well
You'll be missing at least 6 essentials with that list. The shortest list with potatoes to hit everything at sustainable levels is potatoes, sardines, eggs, and a leafy green.
So they're like whippets
Dogs may be goobers but they aren't spuds and not acceptable foodstuffs either way. Regardless of breed. You monster.
Even on mars!
I believe potatoes and cheese ultimately provide all the nutrition the body actually requires for average daily modern life.
Like, you can actually be physically healthy and well by eating nothing else.
Mentally speaking the jury is still out regarding the health of a person who chooses to live on nothing but potatoes and cheese, but daily nutritional requirements are absolutely met.
Maybe I DO need to change my diet to potatoes and salted butter. Really makes ya think
I'm thinking about reasoning myself into a poutine diet, right now.
Poutine is the canadian thing with gravy and cheese,right? I really have to search for a recipe or something, because it sounds rather tasty tbh.
Be careful with that diet 😬
https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49551337
Pretty sure that's due to masturbation. Its Victorianian morals that make it necessary to blame superfood for it.
I'm autistic sure, but I also like actual flavor. Potatoes and cheese aren't the tastiest foods by themselves.
Man this comment has me craving some potato soup with cheese
Definitely need some multivitamins too though.
A quick search brings up a couple people who have done this (Ireland notwithstanding). I remember this guy doing it, but there are others.
In your face, Neil Armstrong!
Wasn't that experiment done on Mars, out of necessity, in a book?
Slime Mold Time Mold did a community trial of the potato diet awhile back
Trial
Four weeks
6 Months
You really have to define what “only potatoes” means, because most potato dishes also have a bunch of other ingredients