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Research Update — Shelling Acorns and Counting Calories

January 10, 2017

I’ve been shelling the acorns that I gathered back in October, which you can read about in a previous post. I burned about 344 calories while gathering and carrying two kilos of acorns in an hour. I shelled the acorns while relaxing on the couch. At first I tried to shell them right after gathering … More Research Update — Shelling Acorns and Counting Calories

Research Update — Acorns and Mushrooms

October 25, 2016

Two of our current projects moved along today. Here are the data and impressions. Acorn Processing Acorns are a decent-value nut found widely across the temperate world. The common thought is that a person could collect many times more calories than he or she expended while gathering acorns. I am gathering data on the caloric … More Research Update — Acorns and Mushrooms

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Research Update — Shelling Acorns and Counting Calories

Research Update — Acorns and Mushrooms