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#1 2020-11-23 12:31:02

tahanson43206
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Diet for Mars Residents and Space Travelers

This topic is offered in hopes it will become a repository for posts with advice and references to guide decision makers.

The "decision maker" can be (and will often be) an individual living on Mars, in transit to or from Mars, or considering either.

However, this person will often be someone with responsibility to provide needed nutrition for groups.

While small groups are likely to be the focus for several decades beyond 2020, at some point Large Ships (with 1066 passengers and crew) will be in regular service, and the population on Mars will rise to the thousands.

This forum includes many posts that relate to the subject of a healthy diet for humans and other living creatures.

This topic will lead off with a quote from a newspaper account of work done to investigate the suitability of protein drinks to round out dietary requirements for human beings.

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#2 2020-11-23 12:37:08

tahanson43206
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Re: Diet for Mars Residents and Space Travelers

The text quoted below came from a local newspaper.  The article reports on research into benefits that may occur if the diet of a person includes protein drinks.

The benefits of
protein drinks
By Deena Bouknight
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Grandview Research last year estimated global
protein supplement sales were around $17.50
billion, with protein powder the most popular
form of consumption. Matthew Kuchan, Ph.D.,
a research fellow at Abbott Laboratories near
Chicago, believes protein drinks’ overall health
benefits will continue to drive the market upward.

The advantage that ** I ** see in this food category is simplicity.

There may be other advantages as well.   I'd appreciate other current members of the forum taking up the challenge of providing a healthy diet for space travelers and for Mars residents.

A starting point is the wealth of related knowledge and advice already present in the forum.

However, I ** do ** have a request ....

SpaceNut (in particular) ...

Please include a snapshot summary of what a link offers.

Forum readers (members and non-members) only have a limited amount of time to invest in learning about a topic in order to make a decision.

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#3 2020-11-23 15:37:49

SpaceNut
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Re: Diet for Mars Residents and Space Travelers

This topic has several facets to it from the start as to how much is brought versus what is grown. The balance of both makes for a menu of daily items and what must time out in harvest in order to supplement what we will eat.

starving on five acres

Mars first crew greenhouse

Designing the best greenhouse demonstrator for Mars

Eat Like a Martian

Food! - Marsians=vegetarians?

Food for Thought, what does a garden need to grow

Crops

Nutrition

International Space Station (ISS / Alpha)

Air. Shelter. Water. Food.

The ISS gives the beginning steps for food growth along the trip to mars, while the Air, Shelter, water, food gives the view from mars surface as to the way in which we are counting on these supporting each other.

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