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Guaranteed Human. Guess what, Mango? What's that, Will? Do you hear about this super pizza they invented in England a couple years ago? I was just reading about it again. No, but I did get a note from a very sweet listener asking me to stop using the word super so much. And I was thinking for today's episode, I just used the word top-notch instead. So tell me about this top-notch pizza. That's a good word, Manko.

Well, soup. I was thinking for today's episode, I just used the word top-notch instead. So tell me about this top-notch pizza.

That's a good word, Manko.

Well, Super Pizza was developed at Glasgow University, and it's this frozen pizza that has seaweed baked into the crust, and then the sauce is boosted with nutrients.

And the whole idea is that because it has a third of your daily vitamins and minerals, you could actually eat pizza for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and be somewhat healthy. That's pretty cool, but how's it taste? Well, I guess top-notch, as you might say. Now, I think, like, pretty good from what I've read online. Anyway, reading about it made me wonder, if you had to pair your pantry down to the bare minimum,

what are the only foods you'd need to survive?

And that's what today's episode is all about. Hey there, podcast listeners. Welcome to part-time genius.

I'm Will Pearson, and as always, I'm joined by my good friend Mengesh Hotiketer.

And sitting behind that soundproof booth, baking some tiny but delicious pastries in his easy-bake oven as our producer Tristan McNeil. Where did he get that? What is that? Tristan, are those tiny croissants? Yeah, listener, those are tiny croissants. What a tiny croissant. That's so good. All right, well, for today's show, we decided to do a little thought experiment. Basically, we want to know if you were going to limit your daily diet to only a handful

of different foods, 10 or 5 or even just one, what should you eat?

Yeah, I was pretty sure the answer was going to be flaming hot Cheetos, but apparently

the answer is not flaming hot Cheetos.

I don't think it is, yeah.

Because this really isn't what snacks you couldn't go without, so much as the stuff you couldn't live without. Plus, three times a day, Cheetos habit couldn't be that healthy for you. Probably not. And, you know, I think the idea here is to concentrate on building the most restricted diet we can, using foods that are nutritious enough to actually keep you alive. And along the way, we'll explore the reasons why some people

actually strive for a lack of variety in what they eat. And we'll also take a look at some of the

craziest restrictive diets that people have ever subjected themselves to. Speaking of which,

we'll also be joined by Andrew Taylor. He's the Australian man who declared 2016 to be the year of the

spud. And then he commemorated it by eating nothing but potatoes

for 366 days. Oh, and he chose a leap year to do this, huh? Yeah. And now he's written a book

called the DIY Spud Fit Challenge, and it dares readers to change their relationship with food

in order to live a healthier life. So we'll find out what possessed him to do this in the first

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