Here is the BUPA site for recommended food amounts per day.
Just in case you were wondering how long your food should last.
http://www.bupa.co.uk/individuals/healt ... rtion-size
I was wondering myself, as I buy 3kg bags of pasta. @100g portion, I get 30 meals - 1 person for two weeks, or 2 people for 1 week (two meals a day).
How much should I eat when SHTF??
Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
I have to say it would be best to keep as close to properly nourished as possible, initially at least you need to be as ready for anyhting as you can, you wont be if you are under nourished, if you feel safe (no threats from mobs or gangs etc) then you may want to spin out supplies by rationing, you just wont know until you're in it.
I have a strategy, it's not written in stone, nor can it be, this scenario has too many variables, everything about it depends on those variables, being specific is not possible.
Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
it also depends if you become more active or even less active
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Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
When i was a student i did eat my prerequisite calories a day (I think), but i did it all on tesco value pasta and it made me quite ill mentally and physically.
IMHO keep a good nutritious balanced diet
IMHO keep a good nutritious balanced diet
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Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
Yep, calories aren't the only thing that matter - thats why I've been posting today about rosehips, for instance - those pesky vitamins, minerals and micronutrients are crucial too. Its why foraging will be such an essential skill.
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Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
Balanced, certainly but be aware of how much activity you are doing daily. In a bug in scenario you will be using less energy so you have the opportunity, as Plymton said, to ration your stockpile a bit. If your situation changes and you need to bug out in a hurry, then be aware that with your intake and up intake of the right things to prepare you for that.
Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
personally i'd try to get by on as little as possible for as long as i could as i'd rather burn the stored body fat i have first
Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
if i remember correctly , and theres a very good chance i don`t .
an active man needs around 2500 calories a day .
a less active man needs around 1200 .
so if your bugging in and less active i think you can ration yourself to a degree .
an active man needs around 2500 calories a day .
a less active man needs around 1200 .
so if your bugging in and less active i think you can ration yourself to a degree .
YES i walked away mid sentence , you were boring me to death and my survival instincts kick in .
Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
Me too ...and the other thing is that if everyone around us is losing weight, if we stay the same weight as we did previously, we'd stand out a bit, in a bad way.skinhead wrote:personally i'd try to get by on as little as possible for as long as i could as i'd rather burn the stored body fat i have first
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Re: How much should I eat when SHTF??
And wouldn't be able to run away very fast eitherArzosah wrote:Me too ...and the other thing is that if everyone around us is losing weight, if we stay the same weight as we did previously, we'd stand out a bit, in a bad way.skinhead wrote:personally i'd try to get by on as little as possible for as long as i could as i'd rather burn the stored body fat i have first
