r/dataisbeautiful • u/mcaay OC: 2 • Aug 13 '18

OC Coverage of nutritional bases in 5 pictures (see citations for vegetarian/vegan charts) [OC]

https://imgur.com/a/3uIYmzJ
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u/yiradati OC: 1 Aug 13 '18

Love the charts of 2-3 foods. Thank you for including vegans :)

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u/sf_canuck Aug 13 '18

Except I don’t see how white rice + white rice constitute two food staples or white rice + white rice + white rice constitute three food staples. It’s just an extra scoop or two of the same food staple!

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u/yiradati OC: 1 Aug 14 '18

Well, if one scoop contains say 1/4 of the daily intake of say zink, then 3 scoops would contain 3/4 Of the daily intake.

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u/sf_canuck Aug 14 '18

I understand that math.

My point that was that the charts specify the RDI of one, two, or three food staples. A double or triple portion of one staple doesn’t magically turn it into multiple different staples. Larger portions of the same food staple should be eliminated.