> The human body cannot live on carbs alone for five months
Is this true?
Is this true?
>there are eight amino acids from protein and fats (11 for dogs) that the body cannot synthesize, without which you will die in a couple of months.
Those are called essential amino acids, and they are indeed essential for life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_amino_acid
As far as I know though they are just from protein, not from both protein and fat.
if you find yourself in similar troubles remember that green algae growing in the ship are also vegetables. I ate Ulva and Enteromorpha and both make a passable salad if taken from a non contaminated source of water, cleaned of sand and debris, and boiled.
Wouldn't a small bottle of the correct vitamins allow you to live healthy and for very long periods on carbs?
The real poor live on rice and very little else for years. Surly carbs and vitamins pills are enough?
Centrum Silver is a brand of multivitamin. Sardines, being an animal product, is what's called a "complete protein" - one that contains all essential amino acids https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complete_protein
Some plants are complete proteins as well, such as soybeans.
To clarify though, amino acids are not vitamins though, they are a component of protein.
But I don't see the issue. I'm sure they also had hygiene products and things as well. I don't think it's unusual to not mention them. You only need these things in trace amounts. Anyway I think any non vegetarian would pack canned or dried meat.
I see the issue with the dogs but they bought dog food and fed human food to the dogs (Why they used a whole years worth)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/28/rescued-wome...