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If we ate more [[plant-based]], what would happen to all the farm animals? | |||
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* You can make any food non-perishable just by dehydrating it. The shelf life could easily be few years{{x|The food lasts until its natural oils start to go rancid from oxidation; antioxidants tend to lengthen the shelf life a bit; saturated fats tend to last longer than unsaturated fats.}}. Just because a food is non-perishable, doesn't mean it's a refined food{{x|B-vitamins and vitamin C are the only essential nutrients that might be destroyed by dehydration. All other vitamins & minerals remain in the food. B and C are also very easy to supplement, in the rare case that a person would have to subsist on only dry foods}}. | * You can make any food non-perishable just by dehydrating it. The shelf life could easily be few years{{x|The food lasts until its natural oils start to go rancid from oxidation; antioxidants tend to lengthen the shelf life a bit; saturated fats tend to last longer than unsaturated fats.}}. Just because a food is non-perishable, doesn't mean it's a refined food{{x|B-vitamins and vitamin C are the only essential nutrients that might be destroyed by dehydration. All other vitamins & minerals remain in the food. B and C are also very easy to supplement, in the rare case that a person would have to subsist on only dry foods}}. | ||
* [[Food preservation]] is essential to food security and preventing [[food waste]]. | * [[Food preservation]] is essential to food security and preventing [[food waste]]. | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:06, 24 March 2023
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Myth:
- If a food doesn't go bad, it was never good food to begin with.
- "Long-shelf-life foods have no good reason to exist, and were only invented because capitalism."
Fact:
- You can make any food non-perishable just by dehydrating it. The shelf life could easily be few years
(...)( The food lasts until its natural oils start to go rancid from oxidation; antioxidants tend to lengthen the shelf life a bit; saturated fats tend to last longer than unsaturated fats. ) . Just because a food is non-perishable, doesn't mean it's a refined food (...)( B-vitamins and vitamin C are the only essential nutrients that might be destroyed by dehydration. All other vitamins & minerals remain in the food. B and C are also very easy to supplement, in the rare case that a person would have to subsist on only dry foods ) . - Food preservation is essential to food security and preventing food waste.