What We Actually Eat / What to Stock Up On

[tortoise]

This article is a fantastic reference.

What the average American eats in a year

Using food availability data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Stacker reveals the consumption habits of the average American. The USDA collected data over a 15-year period about specific food items, such as cucumbers, potatoes, and chicken.

stacker.com

If you eat Standard American Diet, it gives you an idea of how much you eat in a year. That info can help you decide how much to stock up on.

However, if you don't want to be average (overweight, metabolic disease, etc), or your idea of prepping is getting healthy (maybe get off medications), then use the info to show you what NOT to do.

 

[tortoise]

USDA ERS - Food Availability and Consumption

ERS’s Food Availability data measure annual supplies of several hundred raw and semi-processed food commodities moving through the U.S. marketing system, providing per capita estimates of the types and amounts of food available to U.S. consumers over time and identifying shifts in eating...

www.ers.usda.gov

 

[Okiepan]

I always eat what you like

 

[JanetMarie]

Standard American Diet=SAD

 

[tortoise]

I couldnt believe average American adult only eats 1 pound of leafy greens per year. My teen son and I each eat a pound a week - or more 🤣

 

[Britesea]

I do believe it. When I go out to eat, I'm always amazed at how small the veggie servings are, and so limited in variety. I think I've only seen Swiss Chard served once to me in nearly 70 years of eating out. Same thing with looking for canned or frozen veggies, an extremely limited variety.

 

[tortoise]

I do believe it. When I go out to eat, I'm always amazed at how small the veggie servings are, and so limited in variety. I think I've only seen Swiss Chard served once to me in nearly 70 years of eating out. Same thing with looking for canned or frozen veggies, an extremely limited variety.

Fascinating (horrifying) that most vegetable consumption is in the forms of french fries, ketchup, and pizza sauce.

 

[tortoise]

There's something to be said for chewing on tough foods. DS14 had horrible crooked teeth. I declined orthodontics because he was refusing to brush his teeth. But, his diet consists of a lot of raw fruits and vegetables - chunks of fennel, beet, apple, lots of leafy greens, dates, prunes, figs, etc. The chewing stimulates jaw bone growth. His teeth are straight now. 😲 I had read about the effect but never imagined to see it happen.

DS6's permanent teeth are coming in very crooked. I'm declining serial extractions and offering chewy foods. He's more fussy, but I can get him to eat homemade chewy fruit leather.

 

[JanetMarie]

Eating out is the worse food. Even if the food is higher quality than normal, the preparation method of using rancid vegetable oils is common.