Monday, May 20, 2013

Best Recommended Foods For Survival

By Patricia Clark


Accidents, disasters and sudden emergencies can happen to anyone, anywhere, and anytime. These incidents include being caught in a blizzard, incidents of being stuck in your car, nuclear attack, biological warfare, heavy floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and other natural calamities. The key for survival to these kinds of incidents and calamities is being prepared and ready when it happens. Storing survival foods is one important step to make you armed and ready when any of these things happen in the future. You need to make sure that you have survival foods stored not only in your homes but in places that you also stay frequently like your workplace or your car. There are different kinds of survival foods that is highly recommended to be stored for future consumption when any untoward incidents or emergencies happen. Here are some of them:

-Brown rice- compared to white rice, brown rice do not increase your blood pressure too much and offers a little more nutrition.

-Freeze-dried survival foods are also included in the list of foods highly-recommended to be stored for emergency consumption because of its longer shelf life and its wide availability on the market today.

-Because canned goods can be stored easily and it requires little to no preparation to be eaten, canned goods are included in the list of recommended survival foods.

-Seasoning-this provides extra tastes to your food.

- Beans is included on the list of foods that are recommended to be stored for emergency consumption because of its high-protein content and may be a good alternative to provide the body with the protein that it needs in the absence of meat and seafood during disaster strikes.

What are the important things to consider when choosing survival foods to store?

-Always check the labels. Check the expiration date of the product that you are planning to store. You don't want to provide yourself and your family foods that are already expired when emergencies happen. Choose those foods that can be stored for longer periods before they expire.

-Foods that are enjoyed by your family is also recommended to be stored just to be sure that you will be able to eat properly during times of calamity and disaster.

-A person without food can live longer than a person without water. Hence, it should be remembered to store sufficient supply of potable water.

-Be sure to store your survival foods in an area free from rodents and any other insects. Storing your survival foods in a metal container is highly-recommended so it can be protected from rodents and insects.

-Being healthy and energetic is very important to make sure that you and your family will survive the calamity or disaster that may hit your area. Thus it is important to remember to store foods that provide energy to the body so that you will be able to do the activities needed to be done during emergency situations.

-Aside from food, be sure to prepare the things needed not only for you to prepare the food but also things needed by your family especially in emergency situations and disasters. Some of these things are emergency light, batteries, matches and even candles.

Being ready is one vital factor in disaster preparedness. It will give you some peace of mind knowing that your family has food survival supply needed when the need arises or when any untoward disasters hit or happens on your area. It is good to remember that you need to depend on yourself and your family first before depending your needs to the government and other people during this time.




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