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High Energy Needed During a Disaster
Anyone
who’s ever been in combat or competed in a high-intensity sport knows
all about the human body’s increased need for fuel when it’s under
extreme stress. The days and weeks following a disaster place similar
demands on a body. This is a really important factor when calculating
your food storage levels. Caloric requirements may easily be twice what
they are during normal times.
A brief overview of nutrition tells us that we need three macronutrients to survive: protein, carbohydrates and fat.
We don’t want to burn protein for a couple of reasons. First, that’s
what our muscles are made of. When we burn protein for fuel, we lose
muscle mass. Using protein as a fuel source is the reason famine victims
have that wasted and emaciated look. Second, protein is expensive to
burn in comparison to carbs and fats. It doesn’t matter if you’re buying
steak at the store or hunting a mastodon on the tundra, you want to use
protein to maintain your muscle mass.
The second fuel source is carbohydrates. They’re an efficient source of
calories, they’re cheap to buy or grow and they’re one of the
ingredients of what many regard as comfort food. A current fad is the
low-carb diet, very useful when you’re sitting in an office chair, not
so useful when walking everywhere after the power grid goes down. Our
brains use carbs in the form of glucose as their energy source. After a
disaster, you’re going to need all the high-level brain function you can
muster. Honey, white sugar, brown sugar, molasses, flours and whole
grains should make up a significant part of your food storage plan as a
result.
Fats have gotten a bad reputation as the saturates and polyunsaturates
are so intimately involved in cardiovascular diseases, some forms of
cancer and obesity. In reality, fats are a great source of energy when
our bodies demand it. They are also essential components in several
metabolic processes such as vitamin absorption, crucial to the healthy
development of young children. Fats improve the mouth feel of a number
of foods and give us a feeling of satiety that carbs can’t match. Think
of the attraction of cheese or the need for milk chocolate when we’re
feeling stressed. Indeed, wilderness survival experts often mention a
lack of edible fats in the wild as having a negative impact on their
physical performance.
Many people include freeze-dried and dehydrated meats in their food
storage plans to cover future protein requirements. It’s great having
meat even when the refrigerator isn’t working. The only downside to
these meats is their extreme leanness, because most of the visible fat
is trimmed away to discourage rancidity. Backpackers who use these
products report feeling hungry shortly after consuming them. Add a
drizzle of olive oil or a pat of our rehydrated butter powder
http://www.areyouprepared.com/Butter-Powder-p/dh55.htm for the sake of
satiety.
When you need quick energy or food for thought, our honey powder
http://www.areyouprepared.com/Honey-Powder-p/dh54.htm and brownie mix
http://www.areyouprepared.com/Brownie-Mix-p/dh49.htm are great
pick-me-ups.
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