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Comment by InMice

4 hours ago

I try to take the middle road:

Making 50-75%+ of my calories come from refined, powderized carbs and sugar (original food pyramid) - Bad

Eating whole foods, lightly cooked. Whole food starch sources, often retrograde starch. avoid high heat fried foods, eat mostly leaner meats - Good

Declaring plants and seed oils evil, nothing but lard, tallow and red meat and a dozen eggs a day - Bad

Two meals day with no snacking works for me. 3 meals a day feels like im stuffing myself.

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lopis  4 hours ago

If people got 75% of their calories from plant based whole foods, a lot of health problems would probably disappear overnight.

  • onion2k  4 hours ago

    Is that even possible with the current food supply chain though?

    • 3eb7988a1663  4 hours ago

      On a per-calorie basis, yes. Animal protein requires 10x the input of what you get back: 100 calories of chicken requires 1000 calories of feed. Now what we feed livestock is unlikely what most people would want to consume, but the systems are in place to allow such a transition.

      Last time I looked it up, the US produces something like a ~million+~ kilograms of corn for every person in the country.

      Edit: it was pointed out my corn estimate was off, and it is order of magnitude 1000kg per person.

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    • JumpCrisscross  4 hours ago

      > Is that even possible with the current food supply chain though?

      Yes. Potatoes, onions and beans have are healthy, cheap and well-supplied staples. And I absolutely notice when I’m on a bean and onion week versus a sandwich or rice week.

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    • nekzn  4 hours ago

      Obviously. But you also need the time to cook and not to have the appetite of a 10 year old. The latter, from what I've observed, is quite common in grown adults.

    • Incipient  4 hours ago

      It absolutely is in Australia, and I suspect Europe (from when I went 5 or so years ago). Even mostly possible in Houston when I was there 15 years ago.

      The US is even more cooked than I thought if you can get a bunch of fresh veggies from a grocery store.

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    • bawolff  3 hours ago

      > Is that even possible with the current food supply chain though?

      Given that vegans exist, i'm going to say yes, its entirely possible if you feel like it.

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