You're going to have some problems during winter.
Are you serious? I live at 39.75 latitude in the USA with strong winters with snow and ice. There’s no way you’re growing vegetables in winter here without a greenhouse. You have no idea what you’re talking about. Do you live in California?
This is true of the Midwest, and anything in the Northeast north of say, Wilmington Delaware or even Baltimore depending on the year.
There's over 80,000 edible plant species in the world. I only know a few of them. But, I hope to get to know more of them over time.
Cauliflower nutrition: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169986/n...
Eggs nutrition: https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/748967/n...
I guess they need to put the splenda in so that they screw up all the kids' metabolism + gut microbes, but they also need to make sure the food isn't accidentally diabetic safe?
Maybe I shouldn't be surprised. This is the same bureaucracy that defunded science and art education, and attempted to defund calculus (so that only rich districts with educational foundations would have those things). I kind of suspect it's some sort of intentional long-game eugenics program. I wonder if there is some way for rich Californian parents to band together to pay extra for non-malicious school lunches (as with science and art education).
(Or, better, force the state government to stop sucking so much!)
They want to make the buns tasty but don't want too many calories. Makes sense to me.
It an educational establishment, perhaps it should start with some basic nutrition education.
Anyone who has kids and have insisted on a healthy diet knows this is false. Kids won’t eat for a while but then, like everyone else, they will eat most anything when hunger is strong enough.
When cookies were removed from schools, some parents even protested (literally protested, as in with signs and petitioning outside of the school marching back and forth -> i saw it on the news) for the cookies to be put back in !!!! My jaw nearly dropped to the floor and rolled out the door. It's just clear, that there's a lot of really really misinformed people in the world.
Also, not all healthy food is expensive. Organic Beans are super low cost and make an excellent staple. Personally, I also love oat meal. both are super high in nutrients, fiber and protein and very low cost.
It's estimated that 200,000 Americans a year suffer from an iron overload which can cause all sorts of problems including damaging your heart. So it's not considered to be a good thing for a "one a day" supplement to habitually contain iron.
Many Americans are deficient in potassium and you might think, "cap up some KCl and take one a day". KCl can slow down your heart rate and reduce your blood pressure which is good to some extent but if you could buy KCl supplement that gave 100% of your daily potassium need some people would be dropping dead from an overdose of potassium (a potassium is part of the usual lethal injection cocktail), not necessarily because 1 pill is dangerous but because some people are going to take 10. Also some people take pharmaceuticals that either raise or lower potassium levels so what is too small of a dose for some people would be dangerous for others.
The 12,000% of your daily dose for most things is a scam with the possible exception of vitamin B₁₂ for which many people have bio-availability problems.
However, oral potassium does have other effects. The proton pump in the stomach works by exchanging K+ for H+. Excess potassium may affect its functioning. There are several reports of nausea and pain with potassium supplements [1], although I've been adding KCl/NaCl "lite salt" to my work lunches for a long time with no problems.
1: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/fullar...
For what it's worth: I've used "losalt" drinks for potassium-replenishment (especially during carbless diets), and it works well. Hard to overdose, because it will induce vomiting if you get reckless with the ratio of water to losalt.
You can get sufficient potassium by eating 2-3 meals with plenty of vegetables or leafy greens every day, and you can get sufficient iron by eating animal meat (unless you have a diagnosed iron deficiency and need to supplement with it directly).
- Magnesium (I have problem with leg cramps while sleeping, the magnesium stopped it).
- D3 (Doctor said I need it).
- B12 Complex (I feel more energetic).
- PreserVision for my eyes. (May be placebo but it seems to help?)
- I am searching for something to reduce the amount of mucus created by allergies. I tried turmeric and other things marketed as healthy inflammation response. But so far no luck.
The purpose of mucus is so that your body can temporarily lock up some kind of inflammatory agent that it is being exposed to and limit the damage.
Usually these types of things are solved by removal rather than addition (of something in your life).
A simple trial-avoidance challenge regime of no dairy for two weeks followed by reintroducing dairy on day 15 should give you strong indicators if dairy is a problem for you.
Could be air born allergens too, so may not help at all.
Black Seed Oil at night also helped me as a mild natural antihistamine. I’m not sure whether it can / should be taken for extended time (my otolaryngologist saw no problem but I’m not sure).
It's actually quite a challenge and requires a lot of retraining even for someone well versed in nutrition. It's so easy to fall into the endless number of traps: dairy and fig newton bars, granola bars, etc. the food industry has created an endless array of seemingly healthy items but that are actually all come from the same three ingredients: processed wheat, sugar and oil. and we as consumers tend to vastly overestimate the amount of healthy ingredients in something because we aren't aware of the caloric densities of everything that goes into it (sugar is 4 cals per gram, oil is 9 cals per gram, veggies are 0.3 cals per gram -> this ends up being very misleading when you compare relative amounts by eyeball). For example: did you know that pumpkin pie is barely 3% pumpkin? i was surprised as well. i didn't realize this until I actually calculated the numbers, detailed here: https://kale.world/pumpkin-pie-is-only-3-percent-pumpkin/
Personally, my general rule of thumb is, if the food didn't come directly from nature: (like a tree or bush or ground), then it's most likely a food like substance that has been processed (and thus goodness removed from it). so, i make most of my diet come from the primary 6 food groups: fruits, vegetables, beans, whole grains, tubers, nuts/seeds. If you do this, you'll get all the magnesium and fiber you need because most of the real food groups are quite high in magnesium, fiber, protein and almost every micronutrient (on average).
My mother had chronic bronchitis and asthma for years and was dependent on daily inhaled corticosteroids to be able to breathe normally, after having her on 800-1600mg of NAC for a year now she only has to use her inhaler once every few months.
I use it for my permanently clogged nose (allergies from spring to fall, a persistent low level cold in the winter). It’s so freeing to not be an eternal mouth breather.
But don’t be swayed by my n of 2 sales pitch, do your own research!
(The linked healthline article isn’t of the highest quality but at least it cites it’s sources)
https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/nac-benefits#TOC_TITLE_...
Eating a whole foods diet (non processed) can definitely address it but that's a tall order for most people.