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Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods
Abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios (ASRS) following catastrophic events, such as a nuclear war, a large volcanic eruption or an asteroid strike, could prompt global agricultural collapse. There are low-cost foods that could be made available in an ASRS: resilient foods. Nutritionally adequate combi...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8839908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35276851 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030492 |
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author | Pham, Alix García Martínez, Juan B. Brynych, Vojtech Stormbjorne, Ratheka Pearce, Joshua M. Denkenberger, David C. |
author_facet | Pham, Alix García Martínez, Juan B. Brynych, Vojtech Stormbjorne, Ratheka Pearce, Joshua M. Denkenberger, David C. |
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description | Abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios (ASRS) following catastrophic events, such as a nuclear war, a large volcanic eruption or an asteroid strike, could prompt global agricultural collapse. There are low-cost foods that could be made available in an ASRS: resilient foods. Nutritionally adequate combinations of these resilient foods are investigated for different stages of a scenario with an effective response, based on existing technology. While macro- and micronutrient requirements were overall met, some—potentially chronic—deficiencies were identified (e.g., vitamins D, E and K). Resilient sources of micronutrients for mitigating these and other potential deficiencies are presented. The results of this analysis suggest that no life-threatening micronutrient deficiencies or excesses would necessarily be present given preparation to deploy resilient foods and an effective response. Careful preparedness and planning—such as stock management and resilient food production ramp-up—is indispensable for an effective response that not only allows for fulfilling people’s energy requirements, but also prevents severe malnutrition. |
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spelling | pubmed-88399082022-02-13 Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods Pham, Alix García Martínez, Juan B. Brynych, Vojtech Stormbjorne, Ratheka Pearce, Joshua M. Denkenberger, David C. Nutrients Article Abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios (ASRS) following catastrophic events, such as a nuclear war, a large volcanic eruption or an asteroid strike, could prompt global agricultural collapse. There are low-cost foods that could be made available in an ASRS: resilient foods. Nutritionally adequate combinations of these resilient foods are investigated for different stages of a scenario with an effective response, based on existing technology. While macro- and micronutrient requirements were overall met, some—potentially chronic—deficiencies were identified (e.g., vitamins D, E and K). Resilient sources of micronutrients for mitigating these and other potential deficiencies are presented. The results of this analysis suggest that no life-threatening micronutrient deficiencies or excesses would necessarily be present given preparation to deploy resilient foods and an effective response. Careful preparedness and planning—such as stock management and resilient food production ramp-up—is indispensable for an effective response that not only allows for fulfilling people’s energy requirements, but also prevents severe malnutrition. MDPI 2022-01-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8839908/ /pubmed/35276851 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030492 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Pham, Alix García Martínez, Juan B. Brynych, Vojtech Stormbjorne, Ratheka Pearce, Joshua M. Denkenberger, David C. Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods |
title | Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods |
title_full | Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods |
title_fullStr | Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods |
title_short | Nutrition in Abrupt Sunlight Reduction Scenarios: Envisioning Feasible Balanced Diets on Resilient Foods |
title_sort | nutrition in abrupt sunlight reduction scenarios: envisioning feasible balanced diets on resilient foods |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8839908/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35276851 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030492 |
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