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The recent hurricanes and flooding leads me to re-post this article from a few years ago on food preparation.
Food, we all love it, myself especially. Let us take a moment, if you are reading this in the United States, to remind ourselves that we are truly fortunate to live in a country where so much food is so readily available. That being said, we are in are one crisis away from being in a total state of disarray. One only has to look to the situation in Venezuela to see how perilous our fragile our state of being is.
According to Dr. Alan D. Liberson responds to the question “How long can a person survive without food?” with the following:
“The duration of survival without food is greatly influenced by factors such as body weight, genetic variation, other health considerations and, most importantly, the presence or absence of dehydration.”
Most doctors and nutritionist state that the average person can live about 4 to 6 weeks without food, but the answer actually depends on the person’s body, state of mind, willpower, body weigh and activity level.
When we look at storing food, we have to take into account how calories we should consumer. Not because we are trying to look good for summer season but because calories=energy. For example a male ages 19-30 (you can check for you own needs here):
Sedentary: Moderately Active: Active:
2,400 a day 2,600-2,800 3,000
So you need to be prepared to at least consume 2,000 calories a day in a disaster situation.
Another requirement you should consider is protein, which is, simply put they are one of the building blocks of body tissue, and can also serve as a fuel source. More protein in food can help you feel fuller, leading you to consumer less of your supply.
For an adult males need 56 grams a day. (check you needs here)
Now how do we prepare for this? Let us look at what ready.gov gives you as a guideline:
“Consider the following things when putting together your emergency food supplies:
Let’s go through this, point by point:
There also choices from AlpineAire, Wise Company as well. It is all about what you prefer, so find something you feel works with skill set and situation and stock up. Ready.gov says find foods your family will eat, but I will say this, if you haven’t eaten for 2 days, are you really not going eat what is put in front of you? Remember you are looking for sustenance, not gourmet. The rest of the information they provide is case by case, so use your best judgement (needless to say, a large containers of cheese puffs is not what you want to be counting to keep you alive.)
Here is some additional tips:
Government’s first job when a disaster is to restore services to the community at large, not the individual. You have to be prepared to support yourself for as long as possible. Ready.gov says three days, I would recommend doubling that. Remember, 2=1 and 1=0.
Good Luck and Good Hunting.
Written by: LoneRhody
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