#micronutris

[bonefall]

are amphibians like newts and frogs considered aquatic? i know crustaceans & mollusks would be

Yes they are! Generally, the more time it spends on land, the closer it will be to 5 calories than 4. The estimate was actually based on frogs and tadpoles, I had to make an educated guess.

My best source was a feeding chart from a reptile food website which sells whole small prey for consumption by snakes. It perfectly lists out the values of dozens of small animals, but no fish. So I took a note of the 4 calorie estimate, observed that an adult frog increases in calories compared to tadpoles (bucking the trend with the others on the list where younger animals are worth more caloric value) and went on to do more research

I couldn't find a source that broke down WHOLE prey caloric value like the chart, so I ended up comparing caloric value between rabbit fillets, chicken fillets, and fish fillets on human-centric nutrition websites. My hypothesis was mostly consistent, even with more species added. Fish (perch, flounder, pike) < Wild Mammal (rabbit, squirrel) < Poultry (chicken, turkey, quail). There was overlap between "classes", certain fish getting over the 100 hump, but generally there was a trend I boiled down into 4/5/6

This is consistent with how a lot of fish meat is actually water. In fact, cats quench a lot of their thirst from the food they eat. I also learned some very interesting stuff about the fat distribution in fish which is going to blow a bit of a hole in some of my Clan culture stuff lmaoooo, but I'll furiously swim across that obliterated bridge when I get there

But funfact! Fish oil is rendered fish fats and it is the form that unsaturated fat takes, whereas lard is what saturated fats become. I need to do more research into this topic to understand what kind of difference it would make in a wild cat's diet.

There was one big bucked trend though: salmonid meat was WAAAAY higher in fat and calories. Like, absurdly high. Like 150 cal trout fillet vs 110 cal of rabbit fillet vs 88 cal of perch fillet.

I do not know why that is. My guess is that maybe it's because they were taking the number from farmed salmonids? Maybe it's because they're particularly fatty fish? Perhaps this is just the raw power of salmon slammin'.

Anyway, at one point I was trying to estimate exact caloric value per popular prey species, but decided I didn't have the "backing" to get so exact with the numbers since I was doing estimates with the fish. I'll do the work if it comes down to it, but for now, 4/5/6 is a quick, easy guideline you can use for just about any WC project.

[retoxx]

i feel like when i started farming a "beginning farmer" was defined as less than 5 years of experience and i was like damn thats a long time and now that i've been doing it longer than 5 years all these grants define beginning farmer as less than 10 years experience.... i'm like are they gonna keep upping the number will i always be beginning

[colourfulfoodtips]

[colourfulfoodnutrition]

[maretriarch]

turns out how not to be deficient in fat in your diet is to stop eating only low fat versions of foods

[bilaudad]

for some reason i always think i can just outsmart by bodily needs and functions, and there’s no earthly reason for my mood or energy or supply/lack of motivation. and then i eat something with protein, and i suddenly go from just barely treading water to looking forward to what i’m going to accomplish in the second half of the day.

[newtness532]

im so annoyed with everything today, i think i need some tasty food and a million hours of sleep and then I'll be back to normal

[sevens-evan]

the humble banana…the most economical of fruits

[thoughtlessarse]

More than half the world's population faces micronutrient deficiencies, including inadequate levels of calcium, iron, and vitamins C and E, according to a recent study that provides the first global estimates of inadequate consumption of 15 micronutrients critical to human health. Micronutrients are essential vitamins and minerals crucial for bodily functions such as growth, development, and immunity. Although the body needs these nutrients only in small amounts, deficiencies can have severe health consequences, ranging from adverse pregnancy outcomes and blindness to increased susceptibility to infectious diseases. Previous studies have measured the availability and consumption of micronutrients among populations across the world. However, the latest study conducted by a research team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, UC Santa Barbara (UCSB), and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) analyzed whether these intakes meet the recommended levels for human health. The researchers also looked at the specific deficiencies affecting males and females throughout different stages of life. The results were published in the journal The Lancet Global Health. "Our study is a big step forward. Not only because it is the first to estimate inadequate micronutrient intakes for 34 age-sex groups in nearly every country, but also because it makes these methods and results easily accessible to researchers and practitioners," said co-lead author Chris Free, research professor at UCSB in a news release. The study compared nutritional requirements with actual intake across populations in 185 countries using data from the Global Dietary Database, the World Bank, and dietary surveys from 31 countries. The researchers then grouped the population based on gender and divided them into 17 age categories, from newborns to those over 80, in five-year intervals. The micronutrients covered in the study are calcium, iodine, iron, riboflavin, folate, zinc, magnesium, selenium, thiamin, niacin, and vitamins A, B6, B12, C, and E.

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It doesn't help that crops contain less of these micronutrients thanks to modern agriculture and impoverished soils.

[birgittesilverbae]

@dearsheroozle you're gonna give me brainrot with that "#they're together they're sharing a first they're in LOVE" tag

- first visit to switzerland (ava)

- first apartment (both)

- first paid job (both)

- first time (properly) swimming (ava)

- first drink (bea)

- first jealousy (both)

- first time writing in cursive (ava)

and for your consideration:

- first time sharing a bed with each other

- first time knocking elbows while brushing their teeth side by side

- first time starting a kitchen fire trying to make pancakes (bea)

- first time waking up first (ava) (bea was sick) (ava made the worst soup known to mankind)

- first time caring for a houseplant (ava) (it went poorly)

- first time reading aloud to someone (bea)

[eatclean-bewhole]

You’re only as healthy as your cells. That is great if you are aware of your calorie and macronutrient intake, but don’t let that be your sole focus. Your micronutrients (vitamins & minerals) is what feeds your cells information and writes your body’s blueprint for health or disease. Your health starts on a cellular level. I would take it even further and say it starts with your mental health, but that’s a conversation for another day.

[colourfulfoodtips]

[colourfulfoodnutrition]

Veggie Stir-Fry Noodles

[thahxa]

tumblr poast voice people frequently starve themselves for aesthetic benefits and this makes other people either competed against or disgusted. thus, the large quantity of arguments against not starving yourself for aesthetic reasons

[thekidsarentalright]

love autism bc it will make me do things like stay up till 4am writing peterick smut and yet i am physically incapable of doing any assignments till the day theyre due <3