Could ‘The Martian’s’ scientist survive on potatoes alone?
In the movie “The Martian,” the main character is stranded on Mars and must rely on his own super-science knowledge to survive. Because the crew had packed some potatoes for a Thanksgiving celebration, Watney creates a lab “garden” and is able to survive off the potatoes — after calculating how many calories he would need to survive until a rescue mission could arrive. However, packing some pinto bean seeds would increase his chances of survival, experts say.
September 29, 2015 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: chances, crew, martian, movie, nutritional counseling, packing-some, pinto-bean, potatoes, rescue-mission, some-potatoes, the-potatoes
Potato Alert! Creeping Weight Gain Tied To Type Of Food
Potato chips, other potatoes, sugary drinks, processed and unprocessed meat were found to be the foods most strongly linked to creeping weight gain, according to an analysis of studies that followed over 120,000 adults for 20 years…
June 23, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: creeping-weight, diet, followed-over, foods, meat-were, nutrition, nutritional counseling, oncalldietitian.com, other-potatoes, potatoes, sugary-drinks, the-foods
