Eric Takabayashi  <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>With no regard to nutrition, I believe I could maintain my caloric intake on
>less than 5,000 yen per month by eating mainly noodles (600g packs of
>spaghetti) from the 100 yen store.

"With no regard to nutrition" does not make a valid example.
Sure, you could maintain your caloric intake that way, but with no 
protein or dietary fat intake, you'd end up with protein deficiency in
short order.  No sense on being able to live on 5,000 yen/month if
you will go into a coma.

What's the smallest you could live on and maintain an appropriate
intake of protein and dietary fat?

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