Is there a single food that you can survive on forever?

[rangerrebew]

Is there a single food that you can survive on forever?

By Ellen Airhart September 18, 2017


Potatoes are awesome, but not enough to live off of them forever.

For all of 2016, Andrew Taylor ate only potatoes. There were a few caveats: He ate both white potatoes and sweet ones, and sometimes mixed in soymilk, tomato sauce, salt and herbs. He also took B12 supplements. But, overall, he ate potatoes for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He took four blood tests over the year which he claims all came back normal. He even lost weight and felt more energized.

http://www.popsci.com/nutrition-single-food-survival

[Fishrrman]

[DemolitionMan]

Pasta!!

[RAT Patrol]

Ice cream

[Victoria33]

Sweet potatoes are filled with nutrients, even the canned ones.  White potatoes are not.
One could live if all she/he had was sweet potatoes.

[Sanguine]

Pizza.  It's got everything.

[massadvj]

When I was a poor grad student I survived on mostly potatoes and ramen, and was none the worse for it.

[Frank Cannon]

And

[RoosGirl]

@Frank Cannon I think corned beef hash was the best thing ever canned.

[Frank Cannon]

@Frank Cannon I think corned beef hash was the best thing ever canned.

There's one better:

[RoosGirl]

There's one better:

And this is where I leave you.   ^-^

[roamer_1]

Spaghetti or country roast.

If it is a single item food, I'd have to say yams or cattail.

[Frank Cannon]

And this is where I leave you.   ^-^

That's excellent news. While all you folks starve to death during the Zombie Apocalypse, I am going to be living like a king....

[anubias]

That's excellent news. While all you folks starve to death during the Zombie Apocalypse, I am going to be living like a king....

I'd rather be dead, thank you.  ;)

[thackney]

That's excellent news. While all you folks starve to death during the Zombie Apocalypse, I am going to be living like a king....

When I lived in Yemen, they served Spam as a pizza topping.

It is part of the second circle of hell...

[GtHawk]

[driftdiver]

Its called Manna.

Until God chooses to send us some we will have to survive on bacon

[Silver Pines]

[Silver Pines]

@Frank Cannon

I've kind of been wanting to try some Spam.  You can get all kinds now. 

[mountaineer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anwy2MPT5RE

[thackney]

@Frank Cannon

I've kind of been wanting to try some Spam.  You can get all kinds now.

[RoosGirl]

 

[anubias]

You've got that right.  My husband and I tried a can of it fairly recently wondering if we might have been missing out on something delicious like your corned beef hash all these years.  We had not.  It was inedible and went straight in the trash.  I can't imagine how they've been able to stay in business all these years.

[Silver Pines]

@thackney

See?  Look at that!  A cornucopia of flavors!

[Silver Pines]

@RoosGirl

Don't be hatin' on meat in a can.

[Sanguine]

You've got that right.  My husband and I tried a can of it fairly recently wondering if we might have been missing out on something delicious like your corned beef hash all these years.  We had not.  It was inedible and went straight in the trash.  I can't imagine how they've been able to stay in business all these years.

Apparently Hawaii and Samoa support them.

[RoosGirl]

@RoosGirl

Don't be hatin' on meat in a can.

Not all meat in a can is created equal.

[thackney]

Apparently Hawaii and Samoa support them.

[Silver Pines]

Not all meat in a can is created equal.

@RoosGirl

Lol

I think I'm going to take the plunge and find out if Spam is on the tasty end or the Yeti end.

[Frank Cannon]

@Frank Cannon

I've kind of been wanting to try some Spam.  You can get all kinds now.

I've tried most of them and they are not good, except for the Bacon Spam. That tastes like regular Spam and the Hickory Smoke Spam that tastes like a more refined Spam. The rest you should avoid.

[roamer_1]

It's times like these I thank God I'm eating kosher.

[Frank Cannon]

It's times like these I thank God I'm eating kosher.

I think it's spelled Kashi....

[roamer_1]

I think it's spelled Kashi....

No, it's kosher... And spam need never be in my diet ever again... And that makes not having babybacks worth while :)

[mountaineer]

I'd rather eat Spam than some of that healthfood crap. Yeah, tofu, I'm talking to you.

[Silver Pines]

I've tried most of them and they are not good, except for the Bacon Spam. That tastes like regular Spam and the Hickory Smoke Spam that tastes like a more refined Spam. The rest you should avoid.

@Frank Cannon

Okay, that's good advice.  I think I'll go with the Bacon flavor.

[skeeter]

Teriyaki spam.

If only our boys in Dubya Dubya Two coulda had as good as we do.

[RoosGirl]

@Frank Cannon

Okay, that's good advice.  I think I'll go with the Bacon flavor.

@CatherineofAragon
These are bacon flavored too, but are you going to eat them?

[Frank Cannon]

@CatherineofAragon
These are bacon flavored too, but are you going to eat them?

Good woman. That is the sort of droll comment that would be expected from one with a RBF avatar.

[RoosGirl]

Good woman. That is the sort of droll comment that would be expected from one with a RBF avatar.

What do you mean? That's what I look like when I smile.

[Texas Yellow Rose]

[Frank Cannon]

Hormel knows how to take good and wrap it in metal. Armour not so much.....

[Victoria33]

If it is a single item food, I'd have to say yams or cattail.

@roamer_1

I am not surprised you picked yams as you are a smart person.  In this country, yams is another name for sweet potatoes.  One could live on sweet potatoes and nothing else and still be healthy.  They are essential to store for emergency food.

"Health benefits of Sweet potato
Sweet potato is one of the high-calorie starch foods (provide 90 calories/100 g vis a vis to 70 calories/100 g in potato). The tuber, however, contains no saturated fats or cholesterol, and is a rich source of dietary fiber, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals than regular potatoes.

Its calorie content mainly comes from starch, a complex carbohydrate. Sweet potato has higher amylose to amylopectin ratio than that in regular potatoes. Amylose raises the blood sugar levels rather slowly on comparison to simple fruit sugars (fructose, glucose, etc.) and therefore, recommended as a healthy food even in diabetes.

The tuber is an excellent source of flavonoid phenolic compounds such as beta-carotene and vitamin-A. 100 g of tuber provides 14,187 IU of vitamin-A and 8,509 µg of ß-carotene, a value which is the highest for any root vegetables. These compounds are powerful natural antioxidants. Vitamin-A is also required for the human body to maintain the integrity of mucosa and skin. It is a vital nutrient for healthy vision. Consumption of natural vegetables and fruits rich in flavonoids helps protect from lung and oral cavity cancers.

The total antioxidant strength of raw sweet potato measured in terms of oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC) is 902 µmol TE/100 g.

The tubers are packed with many essential vitamins such as pantothenic acid (vitamin B-5), pyridoxine (vitamin B-6), and thiamin (vitamin B-1), niacin, and riboflavin. These vitamins are essential in the sense that the human body requires them from external sources to replenish. These vitamins function as cofactors for various enzymes during metabolism.

Sweet potato provides a good amount of vital minerals such as iron, calcium, magnesium, manganese, and potassium that are essential for enzyme, protein, and carbohydrate metabolism.

Sweet potato top greens are indeed more nutritious than the tuber itself. Weight per weight, 100 g of fresh leaves carry more iron, vitamin-C, folates, vitamin-K, and potassium but less sodium than its tuber."
@CatherineofAragon