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* Globally, total crop yields would be almost doubled. | * Globally, total crop yields (calories) would be almost doubled. | ||
* In Africa, total crop yields would be tripled. | * In Africa, total crop yields (calories) would be tripled. | ||
* The food supply would be more nutritionally complete. {{p2|(...)|'''When comparing the nutritional content | * The food supply would be more nutritionally complete. {{p2|(...)|'''When comparing the nutritional content per 2200 [[Term:kalories|kalories]]:'''<br />- The ''status quo'' does not meet the daily recommendations for potassium, calcium, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin E, vitamin K, vitamin B5 (pantothenate) and vitamin B12.<br />- The ''new scenario'' would meet the daily requirements for all nutrients except vitamin D (normal for food in general) and vitamin B12 (normal for unfermented plant-based foods).<br />See section below for nutrition calculator links.}} | ||
* There would be far more fruits & vegetables (which vary widely by region). {{x|So many, in fact, that they provide the bulk of calories & protein in the diet. It's not possible for a human to eat this many fruits & vegetables in their raw form. But they could be transformed into juices, concentrates, or even flours to be used in baked goods. Food ingredients would certainly look a lot different in this scenario.}} | * There would be far more fruits & vegetables (which vary widely by region). {{x|So many, in fact, that they provide the bulk of calories & protein in the diet. It's not possible for a human to eat this many fruits & vegetables in their raw form. But they could be transformed into juices, concentrates, or even flours to be used in baked goods. Food ingredients would certainly look a lot different in this scenario.}} | ||
* '''However,''' some food choices are '''very questionable''' - such as ridiculously large amounts of garlic & chili peppers. {{x|We're talking a whole pound of garlic+chilis per person per day. The sheer volume of this provides a significant amount of protein & calories in the diet. But for this to actually work in real life, there would probably have to be some kind of processing to remove most of the pungency (capsaicin, allicin, etc) because otherwise it would just be too much for anyone to handle. In a way, this would be similar to how today's food supply is based on grains that need to be cooked to destroy antinutrients. Garlic & chili probably get high yields because they're too pungent for most pests to eat.}} | * '''However,''' some food choices are '''very questionable''' - such as ridiculously large amounts of garlic & chili peppers. {{x|We're talking a whole pound of garlic+chilis per person per day. The sheer volume of this provides a significant amount of protein & calories in the diet. But for this to actually work in real life, there would probably have to be some kind of processing to remove most of the pungency (capsaicin, allicin, etc) because otherwise it would just be too much for anyone to handle. In a way, this would be similar to how today's food supply is based on grains that need to be cooked to destroy antinutrients. Garlic & chili probably get high yields because they're too pungent for most pests to eat.}} | ||