Li Yu actually had problems with nutrition very early on. When the lizard people first came out of the swamp, they all had some diseases on their bodies.
When Li Yu treated them, he discovered that many people's problems were actually caused by lack of nutrition.
Since the materials in the swamp are scarce and difficult to cultivate, the lizard people's food source is relatively single.
Some of them have shortness of breath, fatigue easily, frequent headaches, difficulty walking in severe cases, and even dementia, all of which are caused by a lack of folic acid.
In contrast, people outside the swamp rarely have such problems, because foods containing folic acid are actually quite common outside.
Bread (or other whole wheat foods), beans, broccoli... these are foods that even civilians eat regularly.
In the same way, riboflavin, also called vitamin b2, is contained in yeast, soybeans, and dairy products. Insufficient intake will cause angular stomatitis, glossitis, conjunctivitis, etc. Fortunately, in addition to the above-mentioned foods and
In some vegetables, riboflavin is also found in large amounts in animal livers, kidneys, hearts and eggs.
It can still be replenished in the swamp.
As for outside the swamp, the problem of nutritional deficiencies still exists and is widespread.
After all, in Li Yu's universe, vitamins were not discovered until the 19th century. Although some dietary guidelines were issued before that, they were only based on experience and were mixed with a lot of conjectures and fallacies.
There is a similar problem on the continent of Bratis. The nobles and wealthy people here firmly believe that wheat is the most nutritious, especially finely sifted flour. The more carefully sifted, the less impurities in the bread and the better it tastes.
healthy.
The little border aristocrats like the Arias family, who are not particularly particular, can sift the dough once or twice before kneading it to ferment, and Miss Rabbit doesn't mind a little bran.
But for the real nobles in the royal capital, they have a group of dedicated servants to do this kind of thing. They can screen them seven or eight times, even more than ten times. It is said that Count Rodrigo once held a banquet.
The chef sifted the flour used to make bread twenty-seven times.
The bread was as white as snow and soft in texture. Even the emperor and empress were full of praise after eating it.
In addition to bread, various meats are also essential on the tables of nobles.
Not only various domestic animals and poultry, but also game in the forest, roe deer, hare, antelope, quail and even swans, egrets... are all very popular, supplemented with various precious spices, it is a delicacy.
However, the upper echelons of the empire were very averse to fruits and vegetables, especially fresh fruits and vegetables. They probably felt that unprocessed food was not reassuring and could not match their status.
However, this inexplicable arrogance will cause many of them to have loose teeth, frizzy hair, skin diseases, difficult to heal wounds, and even personality changes due to lack of life support.
On the contrary, since the common people eat whatever they have, they will go to the woods to dig some wild vegetables and pick up some orphans from time to time to satisfy their hunger. The diet is wider than that of the nobles.
The main problems they face are too little meat intake, insufficient protein, and lack of vitamin B12 and vitamin D, which can lead to gum bleeding, yellowing of the eyes and skin, pernicious anemia, nausea, spinal cord deformation, rickets, and rickets.
and other symptoms….
Li Yu saw many such patients when he was wandering around the village. Some children were born unable to walk. The priests of the Silver Moon Church called these deformed children the abandoned children of God, saying that they had been contaminated by filth since birth.
The mothers of those children also asked Li Yu for help, hoping that he could help restore their children to health, but Li Yu had no good solution for the skeletal deformities caused by severe kyphosis.
Modern medical treatment is not omnipotent, and Li Yu is not a professional doctor.
He is more from a preventive perspective, trying to reduce the chance of such things happening from the source as much as possible.
Li Yu's plan is a two-pronged approach. On the one hand, he preaches to believers the importance of a balanced diet. He even plans to add this part of the content to the precepts in the future.
In addition, in view of the common protein deficiency among civilians, vitamin b12
Li Yu's solution to the problem of vitamin D deficiency was to develop aquaculture, or to be more precise, to dig ponds and prepare to raise fish.
The reason why we raise fish instead of raising pigs, cattle, and chickens is because the cost of raising fish is the lowest.
If we want most people, not just a small group of the ruling class, to eat meat, the cost of meat production must be completely reduced.
Speaking of which, Li Yu found inspiration from "History of the Crusades".
The first Crusaders, also known as the Common Crusaders, were basically a group of rabble-rousers. Under the leadership of Peter the Hermit, they burned, killed, and looted all the way. Like a swarm of locusts, they committed countless horrific crimes, and finally died in 1096.
They were defeated by the Turkish army and almost completely wiped out.
But they were not without gains. Those who were lucky enough to escape also brought some carp back with them.
After that, the Europeans began to imitate their enemies and breed carp in large quantities.
This kind of magical fish actually originally came from a distant ancient eastern country. They are famous for their tenacious vitality, fast reproduction speed, and rapid growth. They don’t even need to prepare special fish food, they can grow by feeding them some leftovers.
Very good.
It is an excellent source of meat. Although it has a lot of spines, this is not a problem for Li Yu. The only problem is how to find carp.
Li Yu did not find any trace of this kind of fish when he was doing a product survey in Luye. No one in the entire Western Region had even seen a carp.
Therefore, the prophet of Shuangxiu Cult could only entrust the Golden Fleece Chamber of Commerce to help him search for traces of carp on the Bratis continent. As long as the live carp could be transported to the green field, Li Yu was willing to pay a high price of three thousand gold coins.
acquisition.
Of course, Li Yu was not idle until the carp came, and planned to get some pike to raise first.
The ancient Romans once bred pike as a source of meat. However, with the collapse of the Roman Empire, the originally booming fish farming industry also disappeared like many technologies.
Like carp, pike is also a relatively easy-to-raise freshwater fish with delicious meat and fast growth.
However, compared to carp and pike, they are more ferocious. In addition to attacking other fish, they will also attack small animals such as frogs, wild ducks, and mice. If they lack food, they will kill each other.
The difficulty and cost of raising them are higher than carp, but the advantage is that they are easy to obtain, they are available in nearby rivers, and you can raise them right away.
You can do it first and accumulate some breeding experience.
In addition to digging fish ponds, Li Yu also plans to introduce tofu to Bratis as another means of supplementing protein.
Unlike carp, which has to be searched all over the world, tofu is easy to make. It only requires various beans as raw materials, gypsum and a few simple steps to produce it, making beans that originally have a bad taste become delicious.
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