Can you survive just on potatoes like in the Martian?
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While potatoes are a remarkably nutritious source of carbohydrates, a real-life human would not be able to survive just on potatoes as depicted in the film *The Martian*. Although they prevented scurvy in early maritime explorers due to their high vitamin C content, relying solely on potatoes for long-term survival would lead to severe, and potentially fatal, nutritional deficiencies.
