According to the anthropologist Dr. Staffan Lindeberg, who studied the Kitavans in Papua New Guinea, sweet potatoes made up about 70-80% of the Kitavans' diet. Probably cheaper than a McDonalds diet, and the photos of those guys (surprisingly to me) showed they were super healthy No I'm not a vegan Just pointing out that there are better cheaper options to get by on I stopped trying to grow wheat for myself when I realized I could get by on tubers. My life got soooo much easier