Actually birch leaves have nourishment value close potatoes to 400 kcal/100 grams as I recall. And lots of vitamin C. But they taste very bad. We tested that too, with prolonged boiling and Tabasco, birch leaves are at least semi-edible.
This scene we were presented was a wasteland, no farmers left. The purpose of this operation was too keep the wasteland wasted. Some Estonian "Forest Brothers" survived 40 years to see their country free again. That was the doctrine at that time.
Product: Birch leaves minced - Bulk
Characteristic
Look and color: Green
Flavor: Bitter herbal
Nutrition 100 g: kJ 66 / Kcal 16,
total fat 0,2 g of which saturated fat 0 g,
Carbohydrate 3 g, of which sugar 1,8 g,
protein 7 g
Something is off with that calculation. Carbs and protein = 4kcal per gramm, fat is 9kcal per gramm.
0.2*9 + 7*4 + 3*4 = 41.8kcal
Not going to make you fat but not too shabby either, especially the protein content. Seems you run into protein toxicity issues pretty fast around 1000kcal, but if you enter ketosis it might be a good way to protein so your muscles don't waste.
Yes. "Luonnonmuonaohje" suggested eating exactly 1.1 kg of birch leaves producing 5 MegaJoules (1000 kcal). Some army egghead has calculated all the issues.
Tuon mukaan koivunlehtiä pitää syödä 1.1 kiloa elinvoimat ylläpitävan (5 MJ) energian saamiseksi, eli olisi hieman parempi kuin pettu. Ei hullumpi (108 kcal/100g) Noin suurta määrää ei suositella.
Yes. "Luonnonmuonaohje" is the word. On this particular kayaking trip I was totally obsessed with post-holocaust living on the Baltic sea. Macaroni/BirchLeaves/Tabasco was the menu. You can get used to it. https://youtu.be/0P-wd3qzCBA
This scene we were presented was a wasteland, no farmers left. The purpose of this operation was too keep the wasteland wasted. Some Estonian "Forest Brothers" survived 40 years to see their country free again. That was the doctrine at that time.