moonpiedumplings@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 hours agoWhat's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they?message-squaremessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up152arrow-down1message-squareWhat's the minimum number of food items you can survive on exclusively and what are they?moonpiedumplings@programming.dev to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-28 hours agomessage-square40fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareParagone@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 hours agoVegetables often contain oil, the problem is getting omega-3’s, which our bodies can’t make. In the sea, it’s algae who’re producing it: then krill, then squid/fish/etc eat them… some plants make it, some don’t… olives are good, olive-oil, etc… but anybody who’s eating squash is getting omega-6’s or 9’s, even though it seems non-intuitive.
Vegetables often contain oil, the problem is getting omega-3’s, which our bodies can’t make.
In the sea, it’s algae who’re producing it: then krill, then squid/fish/etc eat them…
some plants make it, some don’t…
olives are good, olive-oil, etc…
but anybody who’s eating squash is getting omega-6’s or 9’s, even though it seems non-intuitive.