I ask each of you to consider what changes you are willing to make in your diet in order to survive.
1 - How much time do you think you would need to adjust physically to the intaking of foods you would not normally consume?
2 - Have you considered adding new food sources to your diet now so that a harsh digestive change would not occur?
3 - What happens when you have to rely on nature to supply you your needs because your supplies are used up?
Gardens don't count since this could entail you having to G.O.O.D. (Get Out Of Dodge).
yay my second comment!!
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure on the facts. I've been told that should we go to a whole grain diet today, we would all be dead within 30 days. The reason being our bodies can't handle the high fiber shock. The answer is to start adding whole grains in today.
I suspect what Russ was refering to is by "crash" diet is the need to lose weight like everyone else. If we are all sitting pretty and plump while those around us are losing weight, it will stand out.
Yup!! Exactly what I meant Todd!! Said it the wrong way, but I am not gonna stay "fat" if nobody else is!! Am doing well lately losing weight, but go through stages. Besides which I already eat most of what I am putting back and grew up on much of it!! Yes, I do take shortcuts now since I can afford it, but some things are just better the "old-fashioned" way!! But Cindy DOES have a good point - if you don't eat it now your body may not take it kindly later!! The old saying goes, "store what you eat and eat what you store", for a REASON!!
ReplyDeleteThe fiber won't kill us, but the micro critters might. Our food has become insanely safe, and we use WAY too much disifectant. Same issue with over-prescribing anti-biotics. Our immune systems get a little weaker, and the critters get a bit stronger.
ReplyDeleteI traveled to Cuba few years ago on business. Made the mistake ONCE of brushing my teeth with tap water. Spent balance of the week with severe GI distress (to put it politely) and a lovely Sunday morning in the ER when I got home. Take it from me, dysentery is not fun. IV fluids, and a week's worth of Cipro, another serious antibiotic, and BIG potassium pills and I was almost good to go. Ugh.
I tried to answer this once before, but it disappeared into the computer clouds, I guess.
ReplyDeleteI store mainly what I eat so I do not see a GI problem. I eat beans about three times a week, plus rice. Wheat bread toasted (either purchased or made at home) and peanut butter is my breakfast, and I often eat a couple more slices of bread/toast each day.
I do not see relying on nature to solve my nutritional needs, other than my gardening and poultry flocks. Believing foraging and/or hunting would cut it in a G.O.O.D. situation is fantasy, in my opinion. If I can't stay where I am located, or join someone else, I doubt I will have the will to survive roaming the countryside. I'd try to barter my gardening skills, and perhaps some seeds (if time allowed for those to be taken in a G.O.O.D. situation) to join others who may not have that knowledge.
Ann
Food for thought or so to speak ...
ReplyDeleteI can understand why Ann would not want to change her circumstances, but for anyone that thinks foraging is just roaming around the countryside to survive, that idea is way off base. In your own back yard you have a market of vitamins, nutrition, medicinally valuable, and edible food. If you allow certain things to grow, most will think you have forgotten to weed eat your lawn in places. Instead, in those spots are your reserves for summer backup. Save some of that canning and eat what is provided in season along with your daily bread.
As an example:
The Quaking Aspen - The white yeast on the bark can be added to flour as a levening agent to make bread along with the flour made from cattail root. Items around us were here long before the grocer or garden. Research and practice with just a few and extend your current supplies by just a little.
I was referring to a G.O.O.D. situation where you had to rely solely on nature. It would be partially determined by the season. I don't think the cold months with the ground frozen and no leaves on most plants would offer much. During warmer months, I guess you could forage for a lot of greens without much trouble, but the calorie count may not be sufficient to sustain one for very long...
ReplyDeleteBut, Cindy, if you have some good information or links to info on what is available, and obtainable through the seasons that would be welcome.
Often plant roots lay just beneath the frozen ground and heated ground will allow you to access them. Heating by fire and warm rocks can serve this purpose well. Just do not heat rocks in a fire if the rocks are wet or have frozen fissures. They can explode in your face. Cattails and other aquatic plants are easily found in winter. By watching where plants grow in the summer, you can dig them in the winter. The process of learning is not one done by reading alone. It has to be experienced first hand. Visual and hands on training is absolute. Contact local opportunities like this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/forestry/wildplant/workshop_shavers_creek.aspx
Also this is an excellent starter site:
http://www.eattheweeds.com/www.EatTheWeeds.Com/EatTheWeeds.com/Archive.html
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http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=eattheweeds&search_type=