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wheat! (i.redd.it)

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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 12 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Slaves to wheat: How a grain domesticated us

"Suddenly, within just a few short millennia, it was growing all over the world. According to the basic evolutionary criteria of survival and reproduction, wheat has become one of the most successful plants in the history of the earth. Worldwide, wheat covers about 2.25 million square kilometres of the globe's surface, almost 10 times the size of Britain. How did this grass turn from insignificant to ubiquitous?" writes Harari.

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Instead of depending on myriad food sources and species, we often got stuck with a single staple such as wheat, which is poor in "minerals and vitamins, hard to digest, and really bad for your teeth and gums".

[–] Pencilnoob@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

I was reading about how access to quality trash is domesticating raccoons. A certain type of brain cells control adrenal gland size (smaller adrenal glands mean more likely to chill and just eat the good food instead of run away from cars and humans).

Turns out those same cells also control snout size, ear size, and facial softness. Guess what species of monkey has small adrenal glands, small ears, no snout (and now too many teeth), and soft faces. In that moment I kind of got an itchy sensation that yeah, I think wheat really did domesticate us.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

[–] Angelevo@feddit.nl 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

A quarter cup.. Why not a spoonful, or a pinch? Perhaps an ounce, mile of~?

Funny imperialists xD

Much easier to calculate per 100g -- (pardon the dutch) -- There are many variants, another example: copied and parsed from https://www.voedingscentrum.nl/encyclopedie/granen-en-graanproducten.aspx

Energiewaarde in kcal 234 kcal
Energiewaarde in kJ 990 kJ
Water 39 g
Koolhydraten 39,0 g
Eiwit plantaardig 11 g
Vet totaal 2,3 g
Voedingsvezel 6,7 g

Vetzuren verzadigd 0,4 g Vetzuren trans 0,0 g Vetzuren enkelvoudig onverzadigd cis 0,7 g Vetzuren meervoudig onverzadigd 0,9 g Vetzuren n-3 meervoudig onverzadigd cis 0,1 g Vetzuren n-6 meervoudig onverzadigd cis 0,8 g Linolzuur 0,8 g ALA 0,10 g Cholesterol 1,0 mg Mono- en disacchariden 1,9 g Polysacchariden 37,1 g Natrium 0,393 g Zout 0,983 g Calcium 34 mg Fosfor 200 mg IJzer 2,0 mg Jodium 57 µg Kalium 267 mg Koper 0,22 mg Magnesium 66 mg Selenium 5 µg Zink 1,41 mg Folaat equivalenten 40,2 µg Luteïne 75 µg Niacine 1,6 mg Vitamine B1 0,11 mg Vitamine B2 0,07 mg Vitamine B6 0,103 mg Vitamine E 0,2 mg As 2 g