_.--- Archimedes Plutonium spoke in sci.bio.botany --------._
sniped insanity
Question: does a potato have all the essential nutrients that a human can
live on
potatoes alone? If my memory is correct, a potato is like rice in that one
can almost live on those 2 staples without any other nourishment for a
considerable
length of time.

I had heard a number of years ago that potatoes (raw /with/ the
skins) and a glass of milk would keep you alive for a life time[0].
Some googleing says:
Potatoes might alone might last a person about 3 years. Sweet
potatoes are more nutritious than white potatoes. It takes 24
gallons of water to get one pound of potatoes. Most of the vitamin C
is right under the skin and boiling them doesn't mess that up if boiled
whole but the larger the chunks the better you are. Don't eat green
potato skin (if anyone is not aware of that by now: they are probably
dead already). Potatoes have no fat. The Irish lived almost
exclusively off of them. They are almost 60% carbs and 10% protein.

And most importantly you can not live off vodka but you can't live
without it.

You know a Google search was comprehensive when you find a zetatalk
link. =(

I suspect it is not true for the tomato.

Potatoes are related to deadly night shade and tobacco. Not to
tomatoes. And you can't live on potatoes.

'---...____ Faux_Pseudo ________________...---~~~


[0] You get what anyone gets. You get a life time. -- Death

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