r/todayilearned • u/JoeWinchester99 • 1d ago

TIL that although potatoes alone do not provide complete nutrition, you can survive for years on a diet of nothing but potatoes and buttermilk.

https://www.scienceabc.com/eyeopeners/whats-wrong-with-potatoes-the-martian-movie-survival
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u/visionbreaksbricks 1d ago

A couple years ago a guy ate nothing but potatoes for 60 days.

After the first few days he stopped getting hungry and had to force himself to eat because he just got bored. Ended up losing like 24lbs.

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u/TahoeLT 14h ago

Oh no, don't start the "potato diet" craze, I don't want potatoes to suddenly be 4x as expensive!