I share your fear and your hope. Americans always overcome. I just hate to see undo suffering. I am a justice nut so I hate to see bad behavior rewarded and to see innocent people pay the price for other’s irresponsible behavior. But right now the goal is to reduce suffering and save the financial system. There is plenty of time later to vote out the corrupt politicians and to vote to reign in free-wheeling and dealing on Wall Street. Now is not the time to fight that battle.
SURVIVAL DIET FOR PENNIES
FROM:
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread393772/pg1
posted on 22/9/2008 @ 14:49
Survival Diet For Pennies
Having enough food to survive any disaster situation is much easier than many would have you believe. Most notably the people that run websites and advertise on the radio selling survivalist packages which contain pre-packaged food. They charge hundreds or thousands of dollars for these packages and it’s simply not needed if we are in fact talking about “surviving”.
Being involved in powerlifting for many years I’ve built up an extensive list of items that are useful to me for various reasons; gaining weight usually. It’s easy to pick out a few that would be most convenient and most valuable to me in an emergency.
Firstly, to survive, one only needs ~500 calories; assuming you’re waiting for the crisis to be over and not hunting for food or otherwise being active. If you do need to be mobile and ready to act for whatever reason, the general rule is ~1350 calories for a grown man and ~1000 for a woman.
You don’t need anything fancy and you don’t even need to be all that nutritious either as a bare minimum. Even for extended periods the human body is quite amazing at utilizing what little value food contains.
Meal 1 -
[1 Cup] Rice - 250 Cal / 45g Carbs / 5g Pro / 2g Fat
[2 Tablespoons] Peanut Butter - 200 Cal / 16g Fat / 8g Pro
[35g Serving] - Protein Isolate Powder 31g Pro / 130 Cal
580 Calories / 45g Carbs / 44g Protein / 18g Fat
Meal 2 -
[1 Cup] Rice - 250 Cal / 45g Carbs / 5g Pro / 2g Fat
[2 Tablespoon] Flaxseed Oil - 240 Cal / 28g Fat / 4g Saturated Fats
[35g Serving] - Protein Isolate Powder 31g Pro / 130 Cal
620 Calories / 45g Carbs / 36g Protein / 34g Fat
Total: 1200 Calories / 90g Protein / 80g Carbs / 52g Fat
Two tablespoons of PB contains about 8 grams of protein/200 calories, the same protein as 1oz of turkey. Keeping some nuts somewhere where they will stay fresh is a good idea too, my personal favorite are pecans because they are so loaded with good stuff (maybe not if you’re trying to lose weight lol). [1 Cup] Pecans - 850 Cals / 85g Fat / 16g Carbs / 12g Pro. You could eat just 1 cup of pecans and live to see another day with no trouble if need be
Another great idea is keeping some high grade whey isolate protein powder on hand. My personal choice is Bio-X Xtreme Power Whey Isolate. This brand is exceptionally easy to mix so you don’t need to worry about a blender when there’s no power. There’s 65 servings in a 5lb bucket, that’s a 1 month supply of protein for your survival diet, plus it (almost) never goes bad.
Flaxseed oil is a cheap, quick and easy way to get yourself some high quality fats that your body needs. Usually you get them from a variety of foods but in a situation where practicality takes priority over taste and preference, nothing is more concentrated. A few tablespoons in your protein drink and you can’t even taste it. Flax is also good for cleaning out the ol bowels and when you’re running from a legion of undead zombies the last thing you want to worry about is crapping your pants with 3 weeks worth of backed up food... Well I’d be concerned about it
Nothing I can think of is a cheaper source of complex carbs than rice (brown = best), as long as it’s not highly processed and refined. The secret is to not overcook it or you will remove all the nutrients. In a survival situation, even leaving it on the hard side when cooking is best to retain as much as possible. Pick up a massive 50kg bag from Costco or Sams for nothin.
Finally, since fruits and veggies are impractical unless you grow your own, you will need a good multivitamin to stay healthy since the foods I listed are pretty weak in that respect; you would likely get scurvy quite quickly (YAR!). Also pickup some stand alone Vit C chewables, there’s not enough in the multi’s to protect from scurvy when you have no other natural Vit C source. You can buy tubs of 1000+ for like 10 dollars at Costco.
Well there you have it. All that is needed to prepare any of this is a pot for the rice, doesn’t get any simpler or cheaper folks. Plus, now you don’t have to kill and eat your neighbor; tell him he owes me one