Now you can eat just water melons which give you water and much nutrition. (or just another plant)
It would be more survival and more interesting in general if there is a need to eat different food.
How it is indicated?
There are three bars:
One bar indicates the carb amount, one the protein amount and one the general vitamin amount in general of a plant or animal. Everyone of these bars is color coded.
As example: If your vitamin bar is full, the general hunger bar in the GUI cannot be charged by as example watermelons further. But if the carbs bar is lower, you can eat corn as example to fill your hunger bar further.
And cooking and baking like bread gives you the nutrition of the intigrieds and a plus of nutrition and a special perk like more stamina, longer repletion or something else. With herbs you can increase the effects even further and you can add more special effects/perks.
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