Making your own homemade healthy MREs are a great way to avoid the toxic ingredients found in most all commercial emergency food supplies. Soups are probably the easiest MRE to make and soups are warm, filling and comforting food as well, which is great in an emergency situation, but getting enough protein can sometimes be an issue.

Adding dehydrated meat is one option although often the meat takes a much longer time to re-hydrate than the rest of the ingredients or never fully re-hydrates remaining slightly chewy.

An idea I came up with was high protein vegetable crackers as the perfect compliment to a warm hot soup MRE.

Each cracker has approximately 2.5 grams of protein and 1.44 grams of fiber so a serving of 6 crackers is about 15 grams of protein and 8.6 grams of fiber! These are VERY tasty crackers that are great to munch on anytime all by themselves.

These crackers are also a complete protein source. Quinoa is a complete protein in itself in that it contains all 9 of the essential amino acids that are crucial to human function and health. It is also a food that has a low glycemic index. Quinoa carbohydrates are slow releasing which means that it satisfies your hunger for longer. Quinoa is also completely gluten free.

The oats and garbanzos mixed together also make a complete protein. Beans actually have more protein per calorie than meat has. Both the oats and the garbanzos are also quite high in fiber which is not only healthy for you but also makes you feel full and satisfied as well.

Ingredients

2 cups filtered purified water
1 1/2 cups organic rolled whole grain oats (not quick oats) (21 grams protein)
2 cups organic quinoa flour (32 grams protein)
3 organic eggs (14 grams protein)
1 1/2 cups cooked organic garbanzo beans (chickpeas) (22 grams protein)
1 medium organic carrot
1 medium organic roma tomato
2 organic jalapeno peppers (if you like it spicy or if not then an equivalent amount of organic red bell pepper)
1/4 medium sized organic onion
1 small organic garlic clove
1 teaspoon himalayan pink salt

Blend all the ingredients except the quinoa flour together in a blender and puree.

In a large bowl add the remaining quinoa flour mix all the ingredients well.

Pour the mixture into a waffle iron. (Approximately 1/2 cup per waffle)

Note: Do NOT use any oil to grease the waffle iron or the crackers will go rancid and not store long term. Most waffle irons these days are non-stick varieties so no oil is needed.

Cook in the waffle iron until golden brown and no more steam is coming from the waffle iron. Cut each waffle into quarters. (I use kitchen scissors for this) and place the quartered waffle crackers onto your dehydrator tray and dehydrate until crispy and completely dry inside.

Cutting the waffles into quarters exposes the moist inside and eliminates case hardening, which is when the outside is dry but the inside is still moist.

Once they are completely dry you can store them in mylar bags with oxygen absorbers for longer term storage.

Now you have the perfect high protein, healthy and very delicious munchies to serve along side your soups or snack on all by themselves.

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Chicken stock is a base for many soups and other recipes and a great thing to stock up on but how to stock up on it for prepping purposes has left little options other than commercial bouillon which is loaded with MSG in various forms, often it also contains caramel coloring, which is a cancer causing carcinogen, it’s high in refined salt and usually contains a whole slew of other chemicals as well.

Making your own healthy and organic dehydrated chicken stock is actually pretty easy.

First start with an organic pasture raised chicken. This is very important for health reasons.

Most chickens commercially raised for food today are confined to cages for most of their lives, living in cesspools of manure and disease, given loads of antibiotics to fend off the diseases and fed grains like genetically modified, pesticide saturated corn and soy.

Often the chicken feed is also supplemented with roxarsone, an arsenic-based food additive, in order to bulk them up and prevent parasites from forming in their systems. So if you eat non-organic chicken you’re also likely getting arsenic poisoning as well so start with an organic pasture raised chicken.

Cook or roast the chicken and remove the cooked meat from the bones. You can dehydrated the cooked chicken as well for other uses.

Place the bones and carcass in a pot filled with filtered purified water and add a little Himalayan Pink Salt if you like. Pure unrefined pink salt contains all 84 mineral elements that the human body consists of in ideal proportions. All these minerals are in the perfect crystal matrix and ultimate ionic form (electrically charged) and are attached in a structure that makes the minerals easily accessible by our cells so this is a healthy salt to use.

Adding salt is optional but I like to add a little bit so when it dehydrates the salt can be an extra level of preserving. People have used salt for centuries to preserve meat so it stands to reason it would help preserve the stock as well.

Boil the bones and carcass for about an hour or so, remove the bones from the stock and pour the chicken stock through a sieve to filter out any remaining particles and refrigerate the chicken stock overnight to let it congeal.

Chicken stock before refrigeration:

When it congeals it should look like this:

The next step is to skim off all the fat on the top. This is an important step that you cannot skip if you mean to dehydrate the stock and store it. Oils and fats will go rancid pretty quickly and also don’t dehydrate well either and will keep your stock from dehydrating properly so make sure to skim off all of the fat.

Once all the fat is skimmed off put the fat free chicken stock back into a pan and reduce the chicken stock to about 2 Tbsp.

Picture courtesy of Petra Canup

Next pour the reduced stock onto a sheet of parchment paper or the non-stick drying sheets that came with your dehydrator.

Finished Product:

You can click on the picture to enlarge it.

For longer term storing you can put the dehydrated chicken stock into a mylar bag with an oxygen absorber packet and store it away with your other preps.

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Recently I’ve started receiving numerous inquiries from diabetics and family members of diabetics trying to get their emergency preparedness supplies in order if there are any alternative remedies for stocking up on insulin for someone who is diabetic. This is a valid concern for many diabetics…what to do if there is an emergency situation and no medical help at hand and no access to insulin supplies.

I do not know of any alternative remedies for insulin, however, a better option would be to simply reverse the diabetes for good and not need the insulin.

Big Pharma, in an effort to create lifetime customers of their insulin, has tried to create the mythology that once you are diabetic you are diabetic for life with no cure.

This simply is not true.

Many, many people reverse diabetes all the time. This is pretty well known in the alternative health world. It can be done in 30 days. This does require a change in the diet, especially for the first 30 days. It does require eating only raw alkalizing foods for 30 days. After the 30 days it does require eating healthy on a daily basis and staying away from the substances that created the diabetes in the first place.

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Another resource is Dr. Gabriel Cousins’ Reverse Diabetes Program. Dr. Gabriel Cousins is someone I have followed for many years and I really love this guy and all the books he has written. He is very well respected in the alternative health world and is quite world renowned.

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Hopefully these resources can be of help to persons concerned with emergency preparedness supplies for diabetics and perhaps also change their life in the process.

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Salt is an important item in our daily life and has some great uses in emergency preparedness as well…see my article 5 Uses for Salt in your Emergency Kit. For prepping purposes salt is one of the basics to stock up on, however, what kind of salt you use matters a great deal when it comes to your health.

In its natural form salt is not sparkly white or free flowing. Salt that is unrefined has a pinkish tint (or grayish tint if it is unrefined sea salt) because the minerals have not been removed. Commercial table salt that you find in the grocery store is highly refined sodium chloride.

The majority of the other 84 elements that occur naturally in unrefined pink salt have been eliminated. This leads to a one-sided overload of sodium chloride that in turn leads to all the well documented undesirable effects of diets that are high in refined salt.

Refined salt is actually primarily produced for the chemical industry. Sodium chloride is a necessary ingredient for the processing of many chemicals. Only 4 % of the refined salt produced is diverted to the food industry. It is made for the chemical industry – not people!

Pure unrefined pink salt contains all 84 mineral elements that the human body consists of in ideal proportions. All these minerals are in the perfect crystal matrix and ultimate ionic form (electrically charged) and are attached in a structure that makes the minerals easily accessible by our cells.

Our bones and enzymes are actually crystalline structures, so if you put something in your body that matches the body’s structure, it can easily be utilized and taken in by the cell.

Pure unrefined pink salt with all the natural minerals still intact is a wonderful way to mineralize your body. It is also, believe it or not, an antioxidant and it’s also the only antioxidant that works everywhere in the body.

Due to the immense amount of spare electrons that all of these elements carry in pure unrefined pink salt, they have great antioxidant properties. Once pure unrefined pink salt is introduced into the body, a profound regeneration of the cell membranes becomes possible. Other antioxidants are also enhanced in their effectiveness when pure unrefined pink salt is taken.

Refined sodium chloride on the other hand causes water retention, edema and swelling and can also lead to hardened deposits in the body, stiffening joints and blood vessels and increased cravings for sugar and alcohol among other things. Once refined, table salt is energetically dead and the body needs to use its own life force to somehow assimilate this substance.

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Peter Ferreira, author of the book “Water & Salt – The Essence of Life” performed a 2 year study on 400 people using pure unrefined salt. His findings were that, blood pressure can be balanced, calcium deposits can be eliminated, usable oxygen in blood can increase, red blood cells can be un-clumped and blood can be detoxified.

Also the full spectrum of elements that resonates with our bones and enzymes and builds bone marrow can be utilized, radiation can be neutralized, capillaries can become more elastic which increases blood flow, the entire spectrum of electrolytes that the body needs can be received, uric acid can be detoxified, a possible increase of elimination of heavy metals through the stool may occur and cravings for sweets can be reduced.

Those are some great health benefits of pure unrefined salt as compared to all the undesirable effects related to refined sodium chloride.

What type of salt you use on a daily basis really does matter….it can provide great benefits or harm depending on what type you use.

Using either unrefined pink salt or real sea salt are your best options although with sea salt you run the issues of toxic chemical contamination in sea water these days from radiation being dumped by the Fukushima disaster or all the millions of gallons of chemical dispersants from oil spills and other toxic wastes etc…which would then need to be refined to remove the toxic wastes from the salt defeating the purpose and making it a refined salt.

Pink salt is mined from pristine mountains (most commonly the Himalayas) with no need to refine or purify it….and it is a great mineral source, as noted above, eliminating the need to stock up on as many mineral supplements…so you can use more of your monetary resources towards other preps.

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I have to warn you up front…this article is NOT going to be popular with many of the major suppliers of emergency preparedness food supplies….or with people who have already stocked up on months or years worth of emergency preparedness food supplies. But facts are facts, however inconvenient they may be to anyone’s accustomed method for preparedness efforts.

Emergency preparedness food saving is NOT just for an end of the world scenario…. emergency preparedness is also for situations where food might not be available for while due to massive crop failures worldwide or losing your job etc.. there are many other scenarios besides the end of the world….and if the world were truly ending there would be no need to prepare to survive…

Emergency situations can end up being long term…there are many possibilities of things that could happen. It’s very hard to predict how long term you might have to end up eating the foods you are storing up on right now.

This article is also written primarily for health conscious individuals who want to prep to actually survive longer than just an immediate emergency situation. It would be sad to spend lots of time, money and effort into being prepared only to die from cancer or poor health due to the foods you stocked up on. This article is for people who are REALLY prepping to survive.

This article is going to examine the most common ingredients found in pretty much all of the non-organic emergency food supplies currently advertised on the majority ofemergency preparednesssites.

So let’s get started with a random pick….here’s an ingredient list for a non-organic MRE of Chicken a la King with Noodles from a company that I won’t name.

INGREDIENTS: Cooked Chicken, Mushrooms, Pimientos, Green Peppers, Nonfat Dry Milk, Celery, Corn Oil, Wheat Flour, Chicken Base (chicken including natural chicken juices, maltodextrin, hydrolyzed corn gluten, dried whey, spice extractives and onion powder, autolyzed yeast extract, turmeric), Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Modified Cornstarch. Yeast Extract, Safflower Oil, Natural Flavor, Onion Powder, Spices, Citric Acid, and Ascorbic Acid. Precooked Noodles: Durum Semolina, Whole Eggs, and Salt. Contains: Milk, Wheat and Egg

So let’s examine some of the worst offending ingredients individually:

Non organic meats

Most animals used for food today are confined to feedlots or cages for most of their lives, living in cesspools of manure and disease and fed grains like genetically modified, pesticide saturated corn and soy to fatten them up before slaughter.

Research reveals that factory animal farms are breeding grounds for drug-resistant bacteria which are then passed on to humans through the food supply. This happens because factory farm animals are routinely dosed with both antibiotics and vaccines, causing serious imbalances in their own intestinal flora and immune function. This makes these factory farm animals the perfect hosts for breeding drug-resistant superbugs such as S. aureus, a particularly nasty strain that can be fatal if ingested.

According to a nationwide study recently released by the Flagstaff, Arizona-based Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), meat and poultry from U.S. grocery stores have an unexpectedly high rate of dangerous disease-causing bacteria, including antibiotic resistant superbugs. In fact, almost half (47 percent) of all meat and poultry samples tests were contaminated with S. aureus.

What’s more, 52 percent of these contaminated meats contained superbugs, meaning the bacteria were resistant to multiple classes of antibiotics.That adds up to multi-antibiotic resistant Staph germs being present in about one out of every 4 samples of meat, chicken or turkey.

The research, published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases, is the first national investigation of antibiotic resistant S. aureus in the U.S. food supply. The scientists collected and analyzed 136 samples of beef, chicken, pork and turkey sold under 80 brands across the country.

While it’s true Staph germs can usually be killed with proper cooking, the scientists pointed out Staph still poses a substantial health risk through improper food handling and cross-contamination in the kitchen. Infections with S. aureus can cause a range of illnesses from minor skin infections to life-threatening diseases, such as pneumonia, endocarditis (inflammation of the heart) and sepsis (infection in the bloodstream).

And should you get one of these antibiotic-resistant strains from meat or poultry, treatment can be difficult.

“Antibiotics are the most important drugs that we have to treat Staph infections; but when Staph are resistant to three, four, five or even nine different antibiotics –like we saw in this study — that leaves physicians few options,” Dr. Price stated.

The only reason these antibiotics are even needed in the factory animal farm operations in the first place is because animal farms are so utterly filthy and unsanitary. Have you watched The Meatrix animations yet? If not, visit www.TheMeatrix.com to learn more.

So you might think that if so much of the fresh beef and poultry is so widely contaminated with potentially deadly bacteria, maybe the packaged “processed” meat is safer for you, right?

You might want to reconsider that: Processed non-organic meat has many ingredients and is usually packaged for long-term shelf life….especially true if you’re buying non-organic MREs which are specifically packaged for long term storage.

Packaged non-organic meat is almost always preserved with a dangerous, cancer-causing ingredient called sodium nitrite, which is one of the most dangerous chemicals added to processed meat. Sodium nitrite causes cancer and it’s added to meat products primarily to turn them bright red (as a chemical food coloring agent). It also kills botulism, by the way, because it’s yet another chemical antibiotic agent.

Another dangerous chemical added to virtually all processed non-organic meat is Monosodium glutamate (MSG). MSG is a dangerous excitotoxin linked to neurological disorders such as migraine headaches, Alzheimer’s disease, loss of appetite control, obesity and many other serious health conditions. Manufacturers use MSG to add flavor to dead-tasting processed meat products.

If you eat packaged non-organic meat, you’re definitely eating cancer-causing chemicals.

On top of all the antibiotics and cancer causing preservatives in non-organic meats, if you eat non-organic chicken, commercial poultry producers often supplement chicken feed with roxarsone, an arsenic-based food additive, in order to bulk them up and prevent parasites from forming in their systems. So if you eat non-organic chicken you’re also likely getting arsenic poisoning as well.

It’s another reason to only eat organic free-range pasture raised beef, chicken or pork (if you eat those meats). Only organic, free-range animals that are not injected with antibiotics are safe from the kind of chemical abuse routinely used in factory farm operations.

If your MRE food packs do not use organic meats this is what you will be ingesting.

Non-organic dairy and eggs are obviously subject to most of the same hazards, bacteria and toxic substances of non-organic meat from which they came.

Non-Organic Vegetable Ingredients

None of the vegetable or grain ingredients in the typical non-organic MREs are organic either (obviously). So what’s likely on them? Roundup pesticide! (Poison)

Roundup pesticide is systemic, meaning it’s taken up inside the plants exposed to it. Using veggie washes on your produce may remove some surface pesticides, but Roundup is likely in the actual vegetable, grain, fruit, or nut if it’s sprayed on a field before plants are grown, or if it’s sprayed around fruit and nut trees.

“It’s the most abused chemical we’ve ever had in agriculture,” says veteran plant pathologist Don Huber, PhD, professor emeritus of Purdue University. “We’re using chemical quantities we never would have imagined in the past.”

GMO “Roundup Ready” crops, like most of the soy and corn grown in this country and also the majority of all other non-organic crops grown commercially, tend to contain higher concentrations of Roundup. That’s because farmers are having to use two to five times more of the chemical than a normal herbicide application, to kill weeds growing resistant to the overused chemical.

Roundup kills human cells

In 2009, a study published in the journal Chemical Research in Toxicology outlined Roundup’s ability to kill human umbilical cord vein, embryonic kidney, and placental cells in concentrations typically found in food or livestock feed. This study was important because it found the entire Roundup formulation (the stuff actually sprayed on food and in our yards), was more damaging than the active ingredient glyphosate itself.

In other words, the so-called “inert” ingredients in Roundup apparently make it more deadly. Those other ingredients, such as surfactants, allow the pesticide material to cross barriers that would otherwise protect living tissue from it. “The pesticide ingredients bypass the liver, where they would normally be cleaned out,” explains Warren Porter, PhD, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Roundup may make us infertile

We hear a lot about harmful estrogenlike chemicals in household products, but Roundup, Porter explains, may increase exposure to male hormones. Studies in monkeys have found that glyphosate exposure in utero disrupts the enzymatic activity of hormone-regulating aromatase.

This can create higher levels of male hormones like testosterone in women, a main symptom of polycystic ovarian syndrome, or PCOS. PCOS is the leading cause of infertility in women in the U.S., and many women spend thousands of dollars on fertility treatments to conceive.

Genetically Modified Foods

GM plants, such as soybean, corn, cottonseed, and canola have had foreign genes forced into their DNA. And the inserted genes come from species, such as bacteria and viruses, that have never been in the human food supply.

Genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are not safe. They have been linked to thousands of toxic and allergenic reactions, thousands of sick, sterile, and dead livestock, and damage to virtually every organ and system studied in lab animals.

Gene insertion is done either by shooting genes from a “gene gun” into a plate of cells or by using bacteria to invade the cell with foreign DNA. The altered cell is then cloned into a plant. These processes create massive collateral damage, causing mutations in hundreds or thousands of locations throughout the plant’s DNA.

In addition, the inserted gene is often rearranged, it may also transfer from the food into our body’s cells or into the DNA of bacteria inside us and the GM protein produced by the gene may have unintended properties or effects.

The primary reason companies genetically engineer plants is to make them tolerant to their brand of herbicide. The four major GM plants, soy, corn, canola, and cotton, are designed to survive an otherwise deadly dose of weed killer. These crops have much higher residues of toxic herbicides. About 68% of GM crops are herbicide tolerant.

The second GM trait is a built-in pesticide. A gene from the soil bacterium called Bt (for Bacillus thuringiensis) is inserted into crop DNA, where it secretes the insect-killing Bt-toxin in every cell. About 19% of GM crops produce their own pesticide. Another 13% produce a pesticide and are herbicide tolerant.

Unlike safety evaluations for drugs, there are no human clinical trials of GM foods. The only published human feeding experiment verified that genetic material inserted into GM crops transfers into the DNA of intestinal bacteria and continues to function. This means that long after we stop eating GM foods, we may still have their GM proteins produced continuously inside us.

If the antibiotic gene inserted into most GM crops were to transfer, it could create super diseases, resistant to antibiotics.

If the gene that creates Bt -toxin in GM crops were to transfer, it might turn our intestinal flora into living pesticide factories.

Animal studies show that DNA in food can travel into organs throughout the body, even into the fetus.

Lovely stuff huh??

So when an ingredient says it’s “modified” generally this means genetically modified.
One of the common ingredients found in the typical packaged MRE is modified corn starch…..which means not only is it genetically modified but guaranteed to have heavy duty amounts of pesticide (poison) in it as well.

Wheat Flour / Gluten Issues

Many of the pre-packaged MREs contain wheat. Wheat is one of the worst grains a person could eat due to the extremely high amounts of gluten in wheat which promotes inflammation in the body and also causes the gut to become leaky –the gluten increases a chemical called Zonulin, which opens the gaps between cells in the lining of the GI tract…the more wheat a person eats, the more leaky their gut gets.

The only difference between someone with Celiac Disease and a healthy person is that the effects of the increased Zonulin last longer and thus cause the body to become sensitized to the gluten and then the person not only has leaky gut, but they also have a destructive immune response to the gluten.

But a normal healthy person still gets a leaky gut for a few hours after eating wheat. Leaky gut predisposes to the development of all sorts of other problems (bacterial imbalance, yeast overgrowth, food allergies, etc.) and it can deplete the immune system and lead to the development of other autoimmune diseases, etc. Most LLMD’s who recommend a wheat-free diet do so because of the inflammation wheat promotes.

Not only do typical MRE ingredients almost always contain wheat but the wheat is also not organic as well. Non-organic wheat is completely saturated with heavy duty pesticides (poison) and is also, in most cases, genetically modified as well. If you do eat wheat despite the gluten issues you should definitely only use organic wheat….but that’s not what you’re getting in the typical non-organic MRE….you’re getting massive amounts of heavy duty pesticide and genetically modified wheat.

Caramel Color

Caramel coloring is actually a mix of sugars, ammonia, and, in some cases, sulfite. When heated at high temperatures, this combination turns into 2-methylimidazole (2-MEI) and 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) – proven cancer inducers.

The National Toxicology Program (NTP) is a division of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. Researchers there ran two government studies. They found that the coloring caused cancer in lab mice and rats.

In the NTP studies, mice and rats were fed the additives. They were then observed over a two-year period. Researchers found that 4-MEI caused lung tumors. And 2-MEI was associated with liver and thyroid tumors.

Rats didn’t fare any better. They had higher rates of leukemia and thyroid tumors. Researchers also witnessed abnormal behaviors like hyperactivity, excitability, and difficulty walking in female rats.

Regulators divide caramel colorings into four categories. Caramel I and II are not made with ammonia. They are used in some alcoholic drinks and vegetable extracts. They are safer than Caramel III and IV, which contain 2-MEI and 4-MEI.

Carmel III is often used in baking, beer, soy sauce, gravy, and other products. Caramel IV is the one found in colas. It’s also considered the most toxic.

Soy

This is a whole topic all on its own. Soy very high in estrogen and also one of the most genetically modified foods on the planet…also heavily saturated in pesticides (poison) if the soy is not organic. See the article: The Shocking Effects of Soy on Both Sexes!

“Textured Vegetable Protein” or TVP (soy flour, caramel color, soybean oil, salt, hydrolyzed corn-soy-wheat protein and autolyzed yeast (aka: MSG)

MSG (Monosodium Glutamate)

MSG is a toxic chemical containing processed free glutamic acid. It has been scientifically proven to cause brain damage, affect how children’s nervous systems form during development causing learning or emotional difficulties in later years and to potentially permanently damage a critical part of the brain known to control hormones causing endocrine problems.

MSG can also cause skin rashes, migraine headaches, irregular heartbeat, depression,
difficulty breathing, nausea and vomiting, and a multitude of other neurological reactions and is also linked to Alzheimer’s.

MSG also spikes insulin…it triples the amount of insulin the pancreas creates causing insulin resistance and obesity. It makes your brain think you’re hungry so even though you may have just eaten you feel hungry again even though your stomach may be full.

Not only is MSG scientifically proven to cause obesity, it is an addictive substance! The MSG manufacturers themselves admit that it addicts people to their products. ‘Betcha can’t eat just one’, takes on a whole new meaning where MSG is concerned!

MSG makes you addicted to the foods that it is in. That is the primary reason food companies put it in food…to make you addicted to their food and buy their food. It’s all about money…they care nothing about the damage done to the consumer in the process.

Manufacturers are acutely aware that many consumers would prefer not to have MSG in any of their foods or cosmetics.

What you may not know is that the food and cosmetic industry hides and disguises MSG under many different names so it won’t be recognized by the consumer who knows about the dangers of MSG by using “clean labels,” i.e., labels that contain only ingredient names they think consumers will not recognize as containing MSG…names such as “hydrolyzed soy protein.”

And so far it’s still legal to hide MSG under these different names.

Here’s a List of Food Additives that ALWAYS Contain Processed Free Glutamic Acid (MSG):

Monosodium Glutamate
Glutamic acid
Glutamate
Monopotassium glutamate
Calcium glutamate
Monoammonium glutamate
Magnesium glutamate
Natrium glutamate
Anything “hydrolyzed”
Any “hydrolyzed protein”
Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein
Hydrolyzed Pea Protein
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
Hydrolyzed Protein
Hydrolyzed Plant Protein
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
Plant Protein Extract
Sodium Caseinate
Calcium Caseinate
Yeast food,
Yeast nutrient
Yeast Extract
Autolyzed Yeast
Hydrolyzed Oat Flour
Corn Oil
Gelatin
Anything “…protein”
Textured protein
Textured vegetable protein (TVP)
Soy protein
Soy protein concentrate
Soy protein isolate
Whey protein,
Whey protein concentrate
Whey protein isolate
Vetsin
Ajinomoto

Here’s a List of Food Additives the Frequently Contain Processed Free Glutamic Acid (MSG):

Malt Extract
Malt Flavoring
Barley Malt
Maltodextrin
Bouillon
Broth
Citric Acid
Citrate
Pectin
Stock
Natural Beef Or Chicken Flavoring
Carrageenan
Enzymes
Any “flavors” or “flavoring”
“Spices” “Seasoning” “Flavoring” “Natural Flavors” etc..(all very vague…and usually MSG)
Anything “ultra-pasteurized”
Protease
Anything “enzyme modified”
Anything containing “enzymes”
Malt extract
Soy sauce
Soy sauce extract
Anything “protein fortified”
Anything “fermented”
Seasonings

* Glutamic acid found in unadulterated protein does not cause adverse reactions. To cause adverse reactions, the glutamic acid must have been processed/manufactured or come from protein that has been fermented.

The following are ingredients suspected of containing or creating sufficient processed free glutamic acid to serve as MSG-reaction triggers in HIGHLY SENSITIVE people:

Corn starch
Corn syrup
Modified food starch
Lipolyzed butter fat
Dextrose
Rice syrup
Brown rice syrup
Milk powder
Reduced fat milk (skim; 1%; 2%)
most things low fat or no fat
anything Enriched
anything Vitamin enriched

The following work synergistically with MSG to enhance flavor. If they are present for flavoring, so is MSG:

Disodium 5’-guanylate
Disodium 5’-inosinate
Disodium 5′-ribonucleotides

If you write or call to ask whether or not there is MSG in a product…

If you want to find out if there is processed free glutamic acid (MSG) in a product, you must ask the manufacturer for information about “free glutamic acid.” Don’t ask about “MSG.” Manufacturers find it convenient, when speaking to consumers, to tell them that there is no “MSG” in their product, meaning that there is no ingredient called “monosodium glutamate.”

Even if a manufacturer tells you there is no MSG in a product, there may be autolyzed yeast, hydrolyzed pea protein, carrageenan, sodium caseinate, enzymes, and a whole slew of other ingredients that contain or create processed free glutamic acid (MSG) during manufacture.

If you are told that all of the MSG in a product is “naturally occurring,” thank the manufacturer for that meaningless information, but explain that all processed free glutamic acid (MSG) is referred to as “natural” by the FDA — so “natural” tells you nothing. In fact, as the word “natural” is defined by the FDA, the food ingredient “monosodium glutamate” is “natural.”

It is the amount of processed free glutamic acid in the product that will determine whether or not you might suffer an MSG reaction. (Everyone has a different tolerance for MSG.)

If the manufacturer claims not to know whether or not there is processed free glutamic acid (MSG) in his or her product, ask that the product be analyzed for free amino acids, including free glutamic acid. There are tests for measuring free glutamic acid. The AOAC Official Methods of Analysis (1984) gives one method. There are others.

Take a look at pretty much any of the pre-packaged MREs on the market and you will see one or several of these hidden forms of MSG in the ingredients.

Here’s a picture of an MRE ingredient label for Stroganoff from a different company that will remain nameless. See how many times you can spot an ingredient that’s a hidden form of MSG:

Not only are there multiple ingredients of hidden MSG but also cancer causing caramel color, all non-organic ingredients, which means you’re eating Roundup pesticide / poison, genetically modified ingredients, antibiotics and growth hormones in the dairy, gluten etc…. and I could go on and on.

Need I say more?

You can do this all day…just click on the ingredients for pretty much ANY of the pre-packaged non-organic MRE’s and see for yourself.

So what are your options?

One of your best options is to start creating your own MREs using organic healthy ingredients.

Investing in a good dehydrator is a great first step. You can dehydrate your own favorite organic meats and vegetables and create some really great MREs.

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Here are some ideas:

For pastas you can pre-cook organic brown rice pasta then dehydrate it so all that needs to be done is add hot water.

You can do this also with cooked organic brown rice or quinoa already pre-cooked in your favorite organic healthy seasonings.

Once cooked another idea is to sprinkle the cooked rice or quinoa with some coconut aminos mixed with coconut nectar for a healthy teriyaki sauce on them and dehydrate all of that along with your favorite meats and vegetables for a teriyaki style MRE.

You can dehydrate your own meat bone broth for a healthy, organic MSG free bouillon…Here is a step by step how to on this. CLICK HERE

You can make amazing cream sauces out of pureed steamed garlic and cauliflower that go great over pastas….mix it with some diced organic pasture raised chicken and some organic red peppers and peas for a fantastic healthy chicken a la king MRE….or cauliflower cream sauce with asparagus or any of your favorite vegetables.

How to make the cream sauce base is already posted…check the How to Create Your Own Healthy MREs Category on the sidebar.

My favorite is a Thai coconut soup MRE that I’ll be posting soon….but the possibilities are only limited by your imagination.

Once you’ve created your MREs seal them in a mylar bag with an oxygen absorber and you’re set with some healthy, organic and quite delicious MREs that you can feel good about eating and feel good that you’re more prepared in a healthy way as well.

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In the event of an emergency situation all sorts of injuries could possibly occur. Emergency medical response teams would be stretched thin during times like this and response times could be hours or even days.

For internal or external bleeding it is always advisable to seek proper medical treatment immediately whenever it is available but if you find yourself in a situation where you are without access to medical personnel or a hospital and there is internal or external bleeding you may need to rely on whatever help is immediately available to you.

Shepherd’s Purse (capsella bursapastoris) has been used as a remedy for centuries to stem internal and external bleeding. It is a hemostatic plant in that it constricts blood vessels reducing blood flow.

Internally it is used to prevent further bleeding. The herb is very useful to stop hemorrhaging in the stomach and also for urinary tract bleeding and bleeding from the gastrointestinal tract such as bleeding ulcers and is considered by herbalists as one of the best specifics for stopping hemorrhages of all kinds including the stomach, the lungs, the uterus and bleeding from the kidneys.

Externally shepherd’s purse is applied for bleeding, bruising, swelling and wounds as well as varicose veins. During World War I, shepherd’s purse was used by British soldiers to help slow the bleeding from wounds and it was also used as a substitute for quinine.

When used topically, shepherd’s purse is applied to lacerations and traumatic injuries of the skin to stop bleeding and promote healing.

It has been used by boiling the herb down and concentrating it into a strong decoction for treating blood in the urine, hemorrhoids, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, and locally for nose bleeding, which is checked by inserting the fresh juice of the plant or herbal decoction on a Q-tip and swabbing the nose.

In Chinese medicine, it is also used for eye disorders. To improve vision people still chew the seeds of the shepherd’s purse.

Shepherd’s purse has also been used as a remedy for blood pressure problems, premenstrual syndrome (PMS), heavy menstrual bleeding, irregular heartbeat and a weak heart.

Shepherd’s purse contains androgenic properties. It has the ability to control progesterone levels. For women into menopause experiencing excessive, irregular bleeding or spotting, this plant will help regulate and increase the length of the menstrual cycles until the natural cessation of the menses.

Counter-Indications and Warnings:

It is not advised for use by pregnant women in the early stages of pregnancy because it can cause contractions of the uterus and may cause miscarriage but during labor it has been widely used by midwives to promote uterine contraction during childbirth.

It is also not recommended for someone with kidney stones or kidney disease.

Since shepherd’s purse constricts blood vessels, it is not recommended for those with high blood pressure.

There is little reason to use shepherd’s purse if you do not have bleeding problems and you should discontinue use as soon as the problem is alleviated.

Limit use to a month or two, then take a week long break, resuming if necessary. If used for excessive menstrual bleeding, use for a few days to a week before the period and during the menstrual period…not throughout the month.

Shepherd’s purse does contain alkaloids, some of which can have cumulative effects in the body, so it should not be used internally without cause, nor should it be used long-term or during pregnancy or while nursing since it is not known if the compounds in this herb are passed through breast milk.

Long-term use or drinking excessive amounts of the tea may increase the effects of sedative drugs.

Using shepherd’s purse may cause changes in heart rate or heartbeat and excess doses of shepherd’s purse extract may cause heart palpitations. This may happen if the seeds of the plant are used. The raw material to make shepherd’s purse tea should not contain the seeds of the plant since they contain cardioactive steroid compounds that, according to the Physician’s Desk Reference for Herbal Medicines, may unpredictably lower or raise blood pressure.

In addition, large doses of these steroid compounds may increase heart rate or induce heart palpitations.

For persons with blood pressure, thyroid gland or heart problems, consult a doctor before taking shepherd’s purse.

It is advisable to check this herb out with your doctor first well before you might need it so if you are in an emergency situation without a doctor around you would know ahead of time if you can safely use this remedy or not.

Shepherd’s Purse Preparations and Dosage

In modern herbal medicine the whole plant is employed, dried and administered in the infusion and in fluid extract. A decoction is prepared from the fresh plant.

The medicinal infusion should be made with an ounce of the plant to 12oz of water, reduced by boiling to 8oz, strained and taken cold.

The fluid extract is given in doses of 1/2 to 1 teaspoon three or four times per day between meals.

OR

If you have bought the herb in capsule or powdered form:

Internal Use:

Make an infusion by steeping 2-4 grams of the dry powdered herb in 1/2 cup hot water for 15 minutes and take 2 to 4 times daily between meals.

Topical Use:

Make an infusion by steeping 3-5 grams of the dry powdered herb in 3/4 cup hot water for 15 minutes and apply to injured skin.

Or a poultice can be made:

Mash the fresh herb with a few drops of 100% therapeutic grade lemon essential oil, which is highly anti-bacterial and also a styptic, and can be used directly on wounds to cleanse and disinfect the wound and to help stop bleeding. The poultice can be applied directly to the wound.

* See my article: Create Your Own Essential Oils First Aid Kit to read more about 100% therapeutic grade lemon essential oil.

Or the dried powdered shepherd’s purse herb can be mixed together with a little fresh aloe vera plant pulp (without the skin) and a few drops of 100% therapeutic grade lemon essential oil and applied topically. Fresh aloe vera plant pulp is also great for healing wounds both internal and external.

Growing Shepherd’s Purse

Having some medicinal herbs in your survival garden is a good idea. Growing shepherd’s purse is relatively easy.

It will flourish and set seed in the poorest soil, though it may only attain the height of a few inches. In rich soil it luxuriates and grows to 2 feet in height.

Shepherd’s purse is a common weed of the Cruciferous order and is said to be found all over the world and flourishes nearly the whole year round. A native of Europe, shepherd’s purse has accompanied Europeans in all their migrations and established itself wherever they have settled to till soil.

Flowering and fruiting occur throughout the year but are most frequent from May to October. There are 10-12 seeds per capsule and an average of 4,500 seeds per plant, although much higher numbers have been recorded. Seed size varies considerably both within and between populations. Plants growing in adverse conditions produce fewer but larger seeds. Flower spikes cut prematurely produce viable seeds from the large unripe seed capsules but not from smaller fruits.

Seeds from both dead-ripe and green capsules require a period of after-ripening before they will germinate. A period of stratification (placing them between layers of earth) followed by exposure to light is needed to relieve dormancy and promote germination. The temperature during after-ripening can affect the temperatures at which seeds will germinate.

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Other common names for Shepherd’s Purse: Capsella, Mother’s Heart, Pick Pocket, Pick Purse, Shovel Weed, Blind Weed, Case Weed, Sanguinary, Lady’s Purse, Shepherd’s Heart, Cocowort, Witches’ Pouches, Rattle Pouches, Saint James Weed and Toywort.

PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article about essential oils is based solely on the use of 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils due to their high quality and tested purity. The use of a brand of uncertain quality and/or purity will provide you with potentially dangerous, if not lethal, results. The author assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.

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Disclaimer: None of the information in this article is intended to constitute medical advice or treatment. For development of individual health issue treatments, it is advised that any person first consult a qualified health care provider. It is advised that he or she remain under the doctor’s supervision throughout any major health issues.

The author/owner of this website is not a licensed medical practitioner of any kind, is not providing medical advice and assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.

The statements in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Information contained within this site is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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Amounts – How Much Should You Store?

In survival preparedness having enough properly stored water is critical. You can go about 3 weeks without food but only 3 days without water. I’ve seen too many sites recommending storing as a minimum only one gallon of water per person, per day. I disagree with this amount. This is not healthy.

This extremely low number accounts for only two-quarts of drinking water and two-quarts of cooking/sanitizing water, per person, per day. Ideally a person should be drinking at least one half of their body weight in ounces per day for proper hydration.

So, for example, if a person weighs 160 lbs. they should be drinking 80 oz. of water per day which equals 10 glasses of pure water to be properly hydrated…this does not take into account strenuous exercise or hot climates where even more is needed. Add about 2 quarts more per day for these circumstances. It’s also almost guaranteed in an emergency situation you will be engaged in activities that result in increased respiration and perspiration resulting in more water loss….so budget for that in your water storage amounts.

Personally, I would recommend storing at least 2 gallons of water per day per person as the bare minimum amount to store…more is even better…when they body is not properly hydrated many needed functions can start shutting down and an emergency situation is not the time to have your body start shutting down and getting sick. Only 8 glasses per day is not proper hydration for most people….especially in an emergency situation.

Not drinking enough water can cause fatigue, it can also make you feel more hungry, which can lead to going through your food rations more quickly, it can trigger asthma attacks and many other ailments.

Water also contains two molecules of hydrogen and one molecule of oxygen so it is a good source of additional oxygen to the body which helps with killing bacteria and viruses and helps keep the body clean and healthy. Low oxygen combined with acidic tissue can create cancer in as little as 48 hours. So it’s very important to drink proper amounts of water.

You should store at least a two-week supply of water for each member of your family. At 2 gallons per day, per person, for a family of 4, for 2 weeks would be 56 gallons of water….for one month it would be 112 gallons of water.

Containers for Storing Water

So now that you have an idea of how much water you would like to store up on let’s talk about how you plan to store it.

Using just any old container that holds water is not necessarily a safe or healthy way to store water. If you are using plastic bottles caution is definitely warranted. Many plastics contain BPA, a toxic chemical that’s very dangerous in even tiny amounts. BPA is an industrial chemical used to make plastic hard and it has been strongly established as an estrogen mimic that disrupts the endocrine (hormonal) system, with potentially serious effects on development, the reproductive system and the brain.

Make sure if you do use a plastic bottle that it is for certain BPA free. Getting a bottle meant for storing water that is BPA free is fairly easy to find these days now that the health risks of BPA have been receiving considerable attention world wide. More and more manufacturers are providing BPA free bottles and containers.

Glass is another option. It is obviously BPA free and impervious to oxygen and carbon dioxide but has a couple of distinct disadvantages in that the bottles are quite heavy and the glass could easily break if there was an emergency situation such as an earthquake, tornado or hurricane etc… and all your water supply could be gone instantly leaving you in a very serious situation of being without water.

Metal containers are also not a good idea either because metal can rust.

As for which type of plastic is safe to use here are some facts you should know:

Not all plastics contain BPA but just because a plastic does not contain BPA doesn’t mean that it’s completely safe. Several of the plastics that do not contain BPA do contain other toxic chemicals so it’s not always just about BPA.

#1 PET (Polyethylene terephthalate) - The type of plastic bottle in which water and other beverages is usually sold in is usually a #1 PET or PETE and is only recommended for ONE TIME use. Do NOT refill it.

Even though PET does not contain BPA it does contain other chemicals that can be released such as DEHA which has been shown to cause liver problems, other possible reproductive difficulties, and is suspected to cause cancer in humans.

Recent studies have shown that reusing bottles made of #1 PET can in fact be dangerous. #1 PET was found to break down over time and leach into the beverage when the bottles were reused. The toxin DEHA also appeared in the water sample from reused water bottles. Therefore, it’s best to recycle these bottles without reusing them.

#2 HDPE (high-density polyethylene) – HDPE can be used for multiple products. The most common products are food containers like Tupperware or milk containers. These products are made from the same components as PET they are just made to be stronger but have all the same warnings and cautions. Only use the product once. Do not heat the product because it may leak certain chemicals.

#3 PVC or V (Polyvinyl chloride) – PVC can be found in clear food packaging and plumbing pipes. Since this is a vinyl product it does contain some chemical additives that control the density of the product. These chemical additives have been known to leak out and cause dangerous affects. PVC can also contain BPA so if you have PVC piping in your house and you run the hot water you are bathing in and rinsing your food with substantial amounts of BPA.

#4 LDPE (low-density polyethylene) – LDPE is made into many types of bags and plastic wrap for food packaging. LDPE does NOT contain any BPA but does contain other chemicals.

#5 PP (polypropylene) - PP is a plastic that is used for food containers like margarine and can also be made to be clear for food packaging as well. Another use for PP is in cold and warm weather clothing. There is no BPA in PP so it does not pose a risk to the consumer.

#6 PS (polystyrene) – PS is one of the most commonly used plastics. When it is made to be solid it can be seen in the production of CD cases and eating utensils. In its expanded form it forms what is referred to as Styrofoam. There are countless uses for Styrofoam and is seen almost everywhere. PS does not contain any BPA but is know to contain other chemicals that are known by the EPA to be a carcinogen in humans.

#7 (other) - Other: when package is made with a resin other than the six listed above, or is made of more than one resin and used in a multi-layer combination. All other plastics are put into the last category.

The potential harm with type 7 plastics is that PC (polycarbonate) is one of the plastics lumped into this category. Polycarbonate and some other plastics that are labeled with a 7 can be made from BPA. This type of plastic can pose the greatest risk to consumers. Another issue with these plastics is that when they are heated they can leak out BPA at about 55 times faster.

I see many polycarbonate water bottles being advertised as BPA free but I don’t see how this is actually technically possible as the primary building block used to make polycarbonate plastic is bisphenol A (BPA). How they can get away with legally advertising it as BPA free is beyond me.

Nalgene water bottles were made with BPA until recently. They are being voluntarily pulled from the shelves and replaced by bottles that are BPA-free made with a relatively new plastic called Tritan copolyester.

So far the safest plastics for storing water seems to be #5 PP and Tritan copolyester which contains zero BPA.

I found a 5 gallon BPA Free Water Bottle from Enviro Products claiming to be the first ever BPA Free 5 gallon reusable bottle made from Tritan copolyester.

For the 5 Gallon Tritan Copolyester BPA Free Water Bottle CLICK HERE

I’ve also seen many large 55 gallon and larger water barrels advertised on many sites but all of the one’s I’ve seen so far are made with polyethylene terephthalate which is BPA free but not DEHA free so although they may be more convenient for storing large amounts of water they do have the potential to leach the chemical DEHA into the water… especially if exposed to heat (like sitting on your patio or back yard in the sun)….so take that into consideration when deciding what to store your water in.

The safest option for a water barrel would be a wooden barrel used for wine or whiskey. Before purchasing one be sure to inquire if the barrels contain any wax, paint or glue on the inside. Also make sure the type of wood used is ok for holding water.

Most premium barrels used for wine or whiskey are hand made oak wine barrels carved from white oak without any wax, paint or glue on the inside and are sealed naturally by filling them with water which expands the wooden oak stalves sealing any leaks.

Oak wine barrels are medium charred on the inside which is great for water as carbon and charcoal make great water filters. With quality wooden barrels there are no worries about BPA, DEHA or other toxic chemicals leaching into the water and this is a great option for water storage.

They are a little on the expensive side…prices range from $199 for used ones to $370 for new ones but they are a healthy safe option for 55 – 70 gallon water storage barrels.

What Kind of Water to Store

Once you have your amounts of water and what bottle to use sorted out next comes filling them up with water. Make sure to sanitize your water bottles first before storing any water in them. I also strongly do NOT advise simply using tap (recycled toilet water).

More than 240 million Americans use water from contaminated public water systems every day, according to the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that almost 1 million people in America fall ill annually from water contaminated with harmful microorganisms and about 900 die from drinking contaminated water.

According to Environmental Working Group, since 2004, testing by water utilities has found 315 pollutants in the tap water Americans drink, according to an Environmental Working Group (EWG) drinking water quality analysis of almost 20 million records obtained from state water officials.

More than half of the chemicals detected are not subject to health or safety regulations and can legally be present in any amount. The federal government does have health guidelines for others, but 49 of these contaminants have been found in one place or another at levels above those guidelines, polluting the tap water for 53.6 million Americans.

The government has not set a single new drinking water standard since 2001.
Physicians for Social Responsibility reports that over 75,000 toxic synthetic and chemical compounds can be identified in this country’s water sources, though only a fraction of them are targeted for regulation.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently documented approximately 83,000 violations of water quality standards by municipal water systems, featuring over 21,000 contaminants, organic and inorganic, over the past 30 years, almost 200 of them already proven to be linked with adverse health effects.

This doesn’t even take into account the known chemicals of chlorine and fluoride that are put into the water on purpose that have serious adverse health affects.

Chlorinated water can destroy polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E in the body while generating toxins capable of free radical damage (oxidation). This might explain why supplementation of the diet with essential fatty acids like flax seed oil, evening primrose oil, borage oil and antioxidants like vitamin E, selenium and others helps so many cases of eczema and dry skin.

Chlorinated water destroys much of the intestinal flora, the friendly bacteria that help in the digestion of food and which protects the body from harmful pathogens. This can lead to an overgrowth of candida, yeast infections and constipation.

Chlorinated water contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes which are carcinogens resulting from the combination of chlorine with compounds in water. These chemicals, also known as organochlorides, do not degrade very well and are generally stored in the fatty tissues of the body (breast, other fatty areas, mother’s milk, blood and semen). Organochlorides can cause mutations by altering DNA, suppress immune system function and interfere with the natural controls of cell growth.

Chlorine has been documented to aggravate asthma, especially in those children who make use of chlorinated swimming pools. Several studies also link chlorine and chlorinated by-products to a greater incidence of bladder, breast and bowel cancer as well as malignant melanoma. One study even links the use of chlorinated tap water to congenital cardiac anomalies.

And fluoride is a whole other topic on it’s own. It’s first approved use was as rat poison. If you want to read a really great article on fluoride: EPA’s Own Scientist Says, “Fluoridation is the Greatest Case of Scientific Fraud of This Century, if Not ALL Time!”

There are plenty of water stores that you can take your own bottles to be filled up on site. Many of them have extensive 12 stage filtration processes and some even filter out fluoride too. Or, if there are no stores like this local to where you live, buying your own water filtration system and running your tap water through a water purifier is another option.

Bottom line: just make sure to store clean pure filtered water….your health really depends on this.

Preserving Your Stored Water

So now that you bottles are all filled up with clean purified water and ready to be stored you want to make sure your water stays clean, safe and fresh with no bacteria building up.

I see hundreds of sites advising putting a few drops of chlorine bleach in the water. This is insane! There are much safer and healthier ways to keep your water clean and fresh.

Healthier options would be either stabilized oxygen, colloidal silver or 100% therapeutic grade lemon essential oil.

Stabilized Oxygen

Stabilized oxygen eliminates bacteria, toxins, germs, and viruses and is completely non-toxic unlike chlorine. A 2 ounce bottle of stabilized oxygen drops will purify up to 55 gallons of water. ANY water source in the world can be made safe for consumption…. safely.

Simply add twenty drops of stabilized oxygen to one gallon of water.
Add 100 drops to every 5 gallons.

Not only can stabilized oxygen be used for sanitizing water and preserving long term water storage but can be used medicinally as well. You can drink it in water to prevent illness.

It can also be used topically on wounds, to kill harmful bacteria. It is an ideal item for your emergency medical kit.

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Colloidal Silver

Silver has been used For thousands of years as a healing agent by civilizations throughout the world. Its medical, preservative and restorative powers can be traced as far back as the ancient Greek and Roman Empires. Long before the development of modern pharmaceuticals, silver was employed as a germicide.

A note about colloidal silver: There is a big difference between colloidal silver and ionic silver. Many companies that claim to be selling colloidal silver are really selling ionic silver. The difference between silver ions and silver particles boils down to the fact that silver ions combine with chloride ions to form silver chloride and silver particles do not. Also ingestion of highly concentrated forms of ionic silver (100 ppm and above) may cause argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. True colloidal silver will not cause argyria. The best brand I’ve found and one that is true colloidal silver is the MesoSilver brand of colloidal silver.

To read more about colloidal silver and the differences you should know when deciding what brand to buy CLICK HERE

100% Therapeutic Grade Lemon Essential Oil

100% Therapeutic Grade Lemon Essential Oil is a strong anti-bacterial, anti-microbial oil. You see lemon advertised in most all commercial cleaning products because of this reason. Research by Jean Valnet, M.D., showed that vaporized Lemon essential oil can kill meningococcus bacteria in 15 minutes, typhoid bacilli in one hour, staphylococcus aureus in two hours and germs causing pneumonia within three hours.

Even a 0.2% solution of Lemon essential oil can kill diphtheria bacteria in 20 minutes and inactivate tuberculosis bacteria. Its antiseptic properties in the air and on surfaces will last for twenty days. It is perfect for destroying air-borne germs in hospital rooms, waiting rooms, and schools. It is particularly effective in neutralizing unpleasant body odors of patients suffering from cancer.

It’s also great for keeping water clean and fresh for long term water storage. Putting 3-5 drops of 100% therapeutic grade lemon essential oil in a 5 gallon bottle will kill bacteria and keep the water from growing mildew or getting yucky. It also gives the water a very nice flavor too.

It’s very important to use 100% therapeutic grade for this application….not perfume grade or B grade. 100% therapeutic grade means no toxic chemicals were used in the growing of or in the extraction or distillation of the oil AND low heat and low pressure were also used so that the chemical compounds responsible for the therapeutic benefit are still intact and haven’t been destroyed.

Most essential oil brands are NOT 100% therapeutic grade…they are perfume grade and B grades and will NOT work in this application. So make sure it says right on the label 100% therapeutic grade. Even the words pure, organic or natural do not necessarily mean they are 100% therapeutic grade….high heat and high pressure could have been used in the distillation process destroying the therapeutic properties so please do your research first before going to your local health food store and buying a bottle.

A 15 ml sized bottle contains 250 drops and lemon essential oil is one of the least expensive essential oils you can purchase so one bottle goes a long way.

PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article about essential oils is based solely on the use of 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils due to their high quality and tested purity. The use of a brand of uncertain quality and/or purity will provide you with potentially dangerous, if not lethal, results. The author of this article assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.

The statements about the essential oils and the stabilized oxygen are for educational purposes only and have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

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I know this was a bit of a long article but hopefully this will give you some healthier ways to store water and be prepared.

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A survival situation is a time when more male energy is actually required by both sexes…by this what I mean is rational logical thinking is required as well as focus, action, leadership, strategy, providing and protecting….all of these are male / yang qualities.

Feminine / yin energy is more emotional, non-linear, abstract, no concept of time, creative, supportive, nurturing, intuitive…and while some of these qualities are important during survival situations, in severe crisis mode it’s male energy that needs to predominate.

Using male / yang energy requires testosterone. Men get testosterone from their testes and women get testosterone from their adrenals. When women work jobs that require male energy for hours on end it can result in severe adrenal fatigue causing drained energy, feeling burned out, no sex drive, bad skin, nails and hair and a whole host of other issues.

Having severe adrenal fatigue can also negatively affect how well you are able to respond to an emergency situation when you have to call upon adrenaline…if you are all tapped out of adrenaline it could potentially be the difference between surviving or not.

Doing business is actually easier on the male energy system than it is for women unless they find a way to incorporate feminine energy into the way they work. This is something to consider.

The biggest problem the majority of modern society faces at the moment is an overload of estrogen. This is not good for either men or women. Too much estrogen for men means diminished testosterone, feminization, erectile dysfunction, low sperm count and many other issues.

Too much estrogen for women means weight gain and breast cancer and irrationality and over-sensitivity, miscarriages and birth defects.

Ideally in non-crisis situations men should be running about 80% male energy and 20% feminine energy and women should be running around 80% feminine energy and 20% male energy. This is a healthy balance.

In a survival situation when your hormones are balanced to begin with it’s easier to draw on other hormones you might need to use but if you’re severely imbalanced then you are operating at a disadvantage and there may not be reserves of what you need to access.

Here are some of the biggest contributing factors to hormone imbalances that each sex can do something about:

BPA (Bisphenol A)

Top of the list is BPA.

BPA is an industrial chemical used to make plastic hard, as in water and infant bottles, and also to make liners for food and beverage cans. It migrates from the can or plastic into the contents, which are then ingested. BPA can also be found on cash register receipt paper and in coatings of electronics so handling a lot of these things can cause BPA to be absorbed into the bloodstream via the skin.

It has been strongly established as an estrogen mimic that disrupts the endocrine (hormonal) system, with potentially serious effects on development, the reproductive system and the brain.

Since BPA is a known “xenoestrogen”, it’s been linked in animal studies (at surprisingly small doses) to all sorts of various health issues such as cancer, metabolic disorders, heart disease, diabetes, and fertility problems and birth defects or miscarriages, prostate issue, low sperm count… and even turning male fishes into female fishes.

According to the Environmental Working Group (EWG), BPA was detected in the bodies of 95% of Americans in one CDC study (this is a worldwide issue though, not just limited to the US).

The Environmental Working Group reports, “analysis of our tests reveals that for one of every five cans tested, and for one-third of all vegetables and pastas (ravioli and noodles with tomato sauce), a single serving would expose a pregnant woman to BPA at levels that fall within a factor of 5 of doses linked to birth defects — permanent damage of developing male reproductive organs”.

Sodas are the biggest offenders with the highest BPA concentrations due to the alarming acid pH levels which leaches more of the BPA. Coca Cola has a 2.0 pH (caustic). Even transporting Coca Cola syrup requires hazardous materials placards to be placed on the truck and the drivers have to have a hazardous materials endorsement on their commercial driver’s license. Think about that the next time you’re tempted to drink a soda.

Next highest on the list is any canned tomato products (canned ravioli, pastas, canned tomato pastes, tomato sauces, etc) due to the acidic nature of tomatoes, which leaches more of the BPA.

Bottom line: Try to avoid canned goods altogether but if you do buy canned goods make sure any canned goods you stock up on are in BPA free cans and any other food storage or water storage containers are BPA free. Glass storage jars or mylar are better options.

If you use plastic wrap, plastic ziplock bags, plastic containers for food storage, etc, try to investigate on the label if the product is BPA-free or not. Some brands packaging will label if their products are BPA-free…some are and some are not. And NEVER heat up food in plastic containers containing BPA or with plastic wrap as the cover… that really leaches BPA into the food.

And by the way xenoestrogens are a primary contributor to abdominal fat specifically.

Soy

Next on the list is soy. Soy is extremely high in estrogen and if you’re thinking I don’t eat tofu or drink soy milk or eat vegeburgers so I’m ok think again…it’s in pretty much all packaged foods, salad dressings, mayonnaise, soups, chips, crackers cookies, shampoos and conditioners, face creams etc.. Start reading labels and you’ll see soy protein or soy oil in nearly 90% of everything in your pantry.

The average American gets around 67 grams per day of soy which is the equivalent of taking 4 to 5 birth control pills per day. It becomes higher for vegetarians who tend to eat more soy.

To read a great in depth article on The Shocking Effects of Soy on Both Sexes CLICK HERE

The best option is start making your own food from scratch using only ingredients that are healthy. Most of the packaged MRE’s currently on the market not only usually contain lots of soy but also forms of MSG (which hides under about 30 or so different names) and other unhealthy ingredients as well. Getting creative and making your own home made MREs are your best option.

Alfalfa, Clover and Hops

I’m all for sprouting. Sprouts are one of the best survival foods out there. They provide rich, digestible energy, bioavailable vitamins, minerals, amino acids, proteins, beneficial enzymes and phytochemicals, are ready in 3-5 days as opposed to waiting months for your garden to produce crops, rival most foods for nutritive value and are relatively inexpensive and easy to store.

That said, alfalfa and clover are both very high in estrogen and are two sprouts I would suggest avoiding eating and stocking up on.

These two are probably the most common ones people sprout but there are so many other types of sprouts that are available and taste amazing to choose from that won’t overload your system with estrogen.

Also you should find out if the meat you are buying is from animals that were primarily fed on soy, alfalfa or clover…it will be in their system as well…just something to consider.

Hops is also very high in estrogen so if you’re a beer lover you might want to keep this in mind and limit how much beer you drink.

Ok so now that we’ve covered some things to avoid let’s cover some things that can be beneficial to include:

DIM (di-indolyl-methane)

DIM is a naturally occurring phytonutrient that is found in cruciferous vegetables. Though discovered over ten years ago, the connection between plant-derived dietary ingredients and estrogen metabolism are just now beginning to be understood. Research has shown that DIM has the ability to act as an estrogen balancer (sometimes referred to as an estrogen blocker) in BOTH women and men. It can be used by those addressing
estrogen dominance problems

To read more about DIM and its benefits CLICK HERE

Maca Root

Maca Root works to balance out the entire endocrine system…the system that regulates your hormones. The endocrine system is a collection of glands that produce hormones essential for normal bodily functions. The glands governed by the endocrine system are the hypothalamus, the adrenal glands, the thyroid and the parathyroid glands.

Scientists and doctors are now finding maca to be one of the best natural ways to regulate and support endocrine health. This action regulates metabolism, energy levels, growth, sexual development and the sense of well being and attitude.

Maca root does not actually contain hormones itself. Instead it provides a unique set of nutrients that directly fuel the endocrine system and help the glands to produce vital hormones in precise dosages predetermined by one’s own body.

When your endocrine system is balanced it can properly regulate hormone production at balanced levels.

I use maca root every day in my hemp protein shake and stock up on this stuff by the kilo.

For Maca Root CLICK HERE

For Men

Here’s one of the best herbal formulations I’ve seen for men for helping to maintain healthy levels of testosterone.

Super MiraForte contains high potencies of plant extracts that naturally reduce the aromatization (conversion) of testosterone to estrogen to enhance free testosterone levels.

To read more about Super MiraForte CLICK HERE

For Women

When estrogen becomes the dominant hormone in a woman’s body and progesterone is deficient, the estrogen can potentially become toxic to the body. One of progesterone’s most important roles is to balance or negate the effects of estrogen.

Here is a special new form of progesterone that is micronized (made into very small particles). This allows it to pass through the skin easily. This is all good and well but it’s still tough to get it to absorb. So, with Dan Purser MD’s help – Young Living formulated a serum that has the micronized progesterone in a suspension of vitamin E and essential oils. These oils are PROVEN to increase the absorption; therefore it’s not wasted just sitting on top of your skin. It’s also the first progesterone ever created that’s a serum.

Progessence Plus Serum blends all-natural, USP-grade super-micronized progesterone from wild yam with vitamin E and essential oils. Studies indicate that penetration of progesterone is facilitated by limonene from frankincense and bergamot and menthol from peppermint oil.

Also this serum doesn’t require the cycling of application sites like other progesterone supplements. Many make you apply for a few days then stop for a few days requiring you to keep close track of your menstrual cycle and when you applied the cream.

In a busy world this is a hassle. With this serum you can apply it daily without worrying about cycling and you don’t have to rotate where you apply it either since it is micronized and penetrates into the blood stream anywhere you apply it.

To read FAQ’s on Progessence Plus Serum CLICK HERE

For Progessence Plus Serum CLICK HERE

Adrenal Support

If you’re dealing with depleted adrenal reserves or severe adrenal fatigue this herbal formula is one of the best products I’ve come across for helping to restore the adrenal system. One of the main herbs in this product is Ashwaganda which is very well known for it’s support to the adrenals along with Schizandra. I had severe adrenal fatigue many years ago and this product was what I took to help restore my adrenals back to proper functioning.

For Adrenal Health from Gaia Herbs CLICK HERE

Hormone Testing

Getting your hormone levels tested is something everyone should do. It’s inadvisable to simply try to guess what your hormone levels are and getting them tested will tell you precisely what they are and you can then determine what kind of supplements would be best for your particular hormone level. For hormone blood panel tests Life Extension Foundation has by far the best hormone blood tests I’ve seen. These panels are very comprehensive and cost a fraction of the price charged by traditional laboratories.

To check out their hormonal blood panel tests CLICK HERE

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Here is a recipe that’s been in my family since I was a kid. These are the most awesome, delicious and healthy waffles EVER and a great way to use some of the food storage ingredients you might be stocking up on.

It is a combination of a grain and a legume which makes a complete protein plus it’s very high in fiber….and you would never guess garbanzos are in there.

Ingredients:

2 1/4 cups water, rice milk, hemp milk or almond milk
1 1/2 cups organic rolled oats (not quick oats)
1 cup soaked organic garbanzo beans (1/2 cup dry)
1 T. organic extra virgin coconut oil
2 T. organic palm sugar or coconut nectar equivalent
1/2 t. himalayan pink salt
1/2 t. aluminum free baking powder

Soak garbanzos overnight and wash thoroughly. Put into blender along with other ingredients and blend until completely liquefied. Let stand 20-30 minutes until it thickens. Bake in a *greased waffle iron on medium-high heat for 15-20 minutes or until steam stops and they are golden-crispy brown.

*Note: if your waffle iron is teflon coated you do NOT need to grease it…only grease it if it is not teflon coated. If you do use grease I would suggest the organic extra virgin coconut oil as it can go up to around 500 degrees before breaking down and is a great oil to cook with.

Makes approximately 8 waffles.

Another version of this is to use canned garbanzos instead of soaked dried garbanzos. If you have canned garbanzos stocked up you can use a standard 15 oz can with this recipe just fine…the cooking time might vary a little but just keep checking them until you see them golden-crispy brown.

The above recipe is an old family recipe, however, I’ve come up with a slightly different version that is higher in protein and is one I have started using almost exclusively:

Ingredients

2 cups filtered water
1 1/2 cups organic whole rolled oats (not quick oats)
1 15oz can organic garbanzos
2 cups organic whole grain quinoa flour
3 organic pasture raised eggs
1/4 teaspoon himalayan pink salt
1-2 Tablespoons coconut nectar or palm sugar

Blend the water, oats, garbanzos, egg and salt in the blender. Pour the blended mixture into a mixing bowl. Add the coconut nectar or palm sugar and mix then add the quinoa flour and mix and mix thoroughly. If the mixture is too thick add very small amounts of water at a time and mix until it’s the right consistency (thick but still pourable)

Put 1/2 cup mixture per waffle. Cook approximately 20 minutes each batch. I put them in the freezer once they have cooled and then when I want one I just pop it in the toaster and it’s perfect. They taste so good you don’t even need to put anything on them. You don’t need to use any oil in the waffle iron…just get a non-stick version and it works perfectly.

Each waffle is about 10 grams of protein and around 5.75 grams of fiber. It’s nearly gluten and fat free, very low glycemic, 3 complete protein sources, completely organic, and tastes really great.

Having some already pre-made and ready to go could also be quite helpful in an emergency situation where you don’t want to use up fuel sources with things that take a long time to cook.

Serve with your favorite toppings and enjoy!

Makes approx. 12 waffles.

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I am really excited about this!!!

Mike Adams from the Natural News Store has created a new line of products to help people interested in healthy organic foods to get prepared with food saving and storage using organic ingredients, foods and superfoods packed in long term storable cans for smart and nutritious preparedness. With a shelf life between 2 – 10 years depending on the item.

If you read the labels of pretty much ALL of the storable food products on the market right now it’s pretty disgusting and not a way to take care of your self. Until now you basically had to make your own MREs and package your own foods for long term storage if you wanted anything healthy and chemical free.

With this new line it’s all packaged in #10 cans. They use BPA free bags inside the cans as well as oxygen absorbers to naturally extend the shelf life with no chemical preservatives.

Unlike most other storable food products these contain absolutely no MSG, no yeast extract, no autolyzed ingredients and no synthetic chemicals.

Storable Organics is the new resource for those who want nutritious organic foods and superfoods in a long term storable format at bulk food prices.

Here’s a list of the products they currently carry: (with more being added all the time)

Organic Chia Seeds
Organic Golden Flax Seeds
Himalayan Pink Salt
Organic Palm Sugar
Organic Rice Bran Solubles with Tocotrienals
Organic Whole Wheat Fettuccine
Organic Whole Wheat Penne
Organic Whole Wheat Spirali
Organic Spelt
Organic Quinoa
Organic Brown Rice
Organic Boku Super Protein (Rice Protein Powder)
Organic Boku Superfood
Spirulina Tablets
Chlorella Tablets

To check out the new Storable Organics line CLICK HERE

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What to plant in your survival garden is a somewhat personal decision and there is no definitive guide for this but I have a few personal thoughts on this about some of the crops that will help most for survival needs.

First off in a survival situation you need to grow things quickly and get the most nutrition you can as staying healthy and getting proper nutrient levels is just as important as satisfying hunger. But beyond just providing high nutrition they should also serve practical uses.

Kale

Kale is definitely one of the most important greens to have in your diet. Kale is considered the phytonutrient master. The latest research shows, that of all the vegetables, kale has the highest concentrations of phytonutrients, especially the carotenoid phytonutrients, lutein and zeaxanthin. It’s also a rich source of vitamin A and calcium.

Not only is Kale the most nutrient rich green you can grow in your garden it’s also one of the easiest crops as well. Kale prefers cool weather and can withstand light frosts.

It can be used fresh as a salad or cooked as a green and is very filling and tasty. Fresh kale with sesame tahini sauce is amazing or steamed with a few dices of pear to soften the flavor and served tossed with raw flax oil and raw slivered almonds is one of my favorite dishes ever!

Kale can also be dehydrated and stored quite successfully so growing extra for food saving and storage is a great idea.

Growing an abundance of kale will help ensure your body gets enough calcium and phytonutrients so this goes at the top of my list for the number one crop you should grow in a survival garden.

Cauliflower

Cauliflower is next on my list. It is high in dietary fiber, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin B6, Folate, Pantothenic Acid, Potassium, Manganese, Protein, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Niacin, Magnesium and Phosphorus. It is also a good source of lutein, which may assist in eye-health. It also contains phytostols, a group of compounds recently determined to play a role in cancer-prevention. It contains 2.5 grams of fiber per 100 grams (roughly 1 cup).

Aside from the awesome nutritional value of cauliflower it is amazing for making creamy bases for soups and sauces. If you didn’t have access to dairy or do not want to include dairy in your diet cauliflower is the perfect alternative.

Steaming a head of cauliflower with a couple cloves of garlic and a little himalayan pink salt for a few minutes until it’s soft then putting it in the blender with a little water will make a great tasting as well as healthy cream sauce to go over pasta or with a little more water added will make a creamy soup. If no water at all is used then you also have a perfect substitute for garlic mashed potatoes.

This is very practical in a survival situation.

Cauliflower is a little more difficult to grow but can be grown all year round as long as the correct variety for the time of year is chosen. Cauliflowers take up quite a bit of space so don’t grow them if your vegetable patch needs high yield per square foot but if you can spare the space learning how to successfully grow them is very practical and is something that I highly recommend for the above reasons.

Cauliflower also dehydrates quite easily and can be stored up in bulk when dehydrated.

Quinoa

I’ve written an entire article on Why Quinoa Should be Your #1 Choice of Grains For Food Saving that goes into detail about the benefits of quinoa.

The recap is quinoa is a complete protein (meaning it contains all 9 of the essential amino acids that are crucial to human function and health.) Having as many complete protein sources is critical in a survival situation.

But not only is it a complete protein and extremely high in protein (1 cup cooked quinoa has 12 grams of protein and 1 cup of quinoa flour has 16 grams of protein) but it can be used like wheat or like rice making it very versatile in it’s cooking uses….and it’s also completely gluten free.

The great thing is that it can be grown in nearly any soil condition and in extreme conditions. It’s in the grass family and grows pretty much like a weed…very hardy. Read the above article on how to grow it.

The leaves of quinoa are also edible and tastes similar to spinach and quinoa can also be sprouted for salads.

This is probably THE most practical crop you could grow in your survival garden.

Stevia

Stevia is another great practical crop to consider. It grows very much like mint and can be used as a sugar substitute. I use real stevia every day to sweeten my hemp protein shakes, in salad dressing recipes that call for honey or sugar and even for sweetening teas.

Candida, bacteria, fungus, cancer and viruses all feed off of blood sugar. Having a low or zero sugar diet is definitely recommended for health reasons. Keeping healthy is important in survival situations and in every day life as well.

If you don’t have a sugar, honey or some other kind of sweetener supply on hand and are depending on your survival garden then stevia is something that grows fairly fast and will help provide some of your sweet tooth needs in a healthy zero sugar way.

Also there is no weird aftertaste with real stevia…only the processed white stuff has that weird nasty taste. Real stevia is amazing.

It can be used fresh or the leaves can be dried and powdered for storing.

Aloe Vera

I think everyone should have at least one or two aloe vera plants on hand. Fresh aloe vera is great for burns and it also works very quickly on painful anal fissures…kind of an unpleasant topic to write about but these issues also need addressing. Cutting up the inside aloe vera plant meat into very small cubes and inserting them into the rectum into the 2nd chamber of the anal passage way several times a day will help heal anal fissures very quickly.

It’s also been helpful for eczema, shingles, bleeding stomach ulcers, healing wounds and severe internal injuries. Aloe vera is a natural antiseptic, so smearing it on a cut, even if it’s a deep cut, will help protect the wound from infection as well as accelerating the healing response by the body.

So for alternative first aid remedies having a couple of aloe vera plants on hand is very wise.

Believe it or not you can also eat aloe vera. It’s great for digestion.

These crops are probably not the ones most people would think of first as tomatoes, squashes, beans etc. are usually the first ones most people consider, but in my personal opinion, these crops should definitely be priority crops in your survival garden plans along with your other favorite vegetables.

Happy planting!

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Survival gardening is becoming a fairly well known concept these days as more and more people are taking steps to be prepared for the wide array of unforeseen and also likely events and circumstances that could happen in the face of earth changes affecting the harvests and crops worldwide and economic challenges faced by many and the highly possible event of economic collapse or any other kind of breakdown or interruption in the extremely delicate “just in time” infrastructure we rely on so much.

Being prepared and able to provide for yourself is something everyone should be working towards in whatever steps they can.

Growing some of your own food is basically a lost skill to the majority of modern society but is becoming a necessary skill to learn as more of the current agricultural system that feeds the planet is simply unsustainable or has been devastated by extreme acts nature.

Learning the knowledge, and more importantly, gaining the experience of growing some of your own food will help you tremendously if you find yourself in a situation of having to rely on yourself to feed you and your family.

Now is the time to learn, so you can gain experience and learn from your mistakes, when the supermarket shelves are there to supplement you after you find out it’s not as easy as you first though it might be. Waiting until a crisis starts, leaving it to a time when you actually need food before attempting to learn survival gardening skills, could be costly.

My first attempt at container gardening on my patio was a disaster…it was a lot of work with very little to show but armed with more knowledge and research the next year I had much better results.

If you find yourself in a situation where you are relying on whatever you can grow you will definitely need to maximize your production efforts and make everything you grow produce very well.

Here are some of my tips to maximize your survival gardening efforts:

Make sure you start with the proper soil with enough fertilizer, compost and nutrients for your vegetables. There is a lot of information on the web about this so I won’t go into that much detail but this is something you should definitely educate yourself on.

But here’s a great fertilizer product to help maximize production:

For the New All-Natural “Super Fertilizer” That Doubles Survival Garden Production CLICK HERE

Make sure you use the right seeds.

There is a big difference between regular seeds, hybrid seeds or heirloom seeds. You’ll want to be able to save your seeds to use in re-planting your garden the next year and many seeds are genetically engineered not to grow again so you are forced to buy new seeds. Here’s a great article about this: http://www.container-gardening-for-food.com/gardening-seeds.html So bottom line is buy the right seeds.

Here’s a great source for heirloom non-hybrid seeds in long term storage packaging.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER

Hand Pollinating Your Vegetables

Container gardens and patio gardens are more susceptible to pollination problems because they don’t get as much bee traffic or crosswinds as ground gardens do. Sometimes hand-pollinating is necessary when there isn’t enough bee traffic.

Hand pollinating your vegetables tends to dramatically increase the production of vegetables giving your more vegetables per plant.

You will need to first determine if your plant is self-pollinating or if it cross-pollinates.

Tomatoes and peppers self-pollinate, meaning each flower contains all the necessary plant parts to make a fruit. But many vine crops like cucumbers, melons, squash, pumpkins etc.. produce different male and female flowers. The male flower will have pollen-laden stamens and the female flower will usually have what looks like the tiny bud of a vegetable at the base.

A small paintbrush is a great tool for hand pollinating your vegetables.

If your plant is self-pollinating, all you need to do is brush inside each flower, making sure the pollen gets down into the pistil (middle part) of the flower.

I’ve also seen videos of simply shaking the plant.

If your plant is not a self-pollinator, take your paintbrush and hand brush up some of the pollen from the male flower and transfer it to the pistil on a female flower. You can also pick the male flower and rub the pollen right into the female.

Here’s a great YouTube video demonstrating this:

If your plant doesn’t start bearing fruit in a few days, then something else might be going on. Inadequate water, lack of sunlight, and nutrient-deficient soil can also cause plants to conserve energy and not bear fruit.

If you have quite a large garden where hand pollinating isn’t feasible then attracting bees will be necessary.

Bees love plant flowers that are blue, white, yellow or purple in your garden. These are the favorites in a honey bee garden. Further, you can create little areas for nesting for the bees, and this will keep them near your garden so your garden will be pollinated as necessary.

Making sure the plant flowers that attract bees are mixed throughout your garden will also help to ensure attracting healthy amounts of bees attending to your garden.

Another idea is to consider becoming a beekeeper. Not only will you have plenty of bees around but honey too.

Working With the Forces of Nature

Gardening by the phases of the moon is a technique that can speed the germination of your seeds by working with the forces of nature.

Plants respond to the same gravitational pull of tides that affect the oceans, which alternately stimulates root and leaf growth. Seeds sprout more quickly, plants grow vigorously and at an optimum rate, harvests are larger and they don’t go to seed as fast. This method has been practiced by many for hundreds of years, and is a perfect compliment to organic gardening because it is more effective in non-chemically treated soil.

Lunar planting is influenced by two factors:

The lunar phase controls the amount of moisture in the soil. This moisture is at its peak at the time of the new and the full moon. The sun and moon are lined up with earth. Just as the moon pulls the tides in the oceans, it also pulls upon the subtle bodies of water, causing moisture to rise in the earth, which encourages germination and growth. Tests have proven that seeds will absorb the most water at the time of the full moon.

The astrological signs of the zodiac correspond with the elements of water, earth, fire, or air. Each plant has a preference for what elemental sign it is planted in. The best time for starting seeds of most annual plants is during the fertile water signs, but root crops like earth signs, and flowers especially like the air sign of Libra. The moon sign changes every few days.

A great resource site for this is Gardening By The Moon. They have both a calendar and software that can guide you on the best days for planting by the phase and the signs of the moon as well as garden activities for each month for over fifty annual vegetables and flowers.

Using Pyramid Structures to Increase Garden Yields

Putting your seeds inside a pyramid structure that’s aligned to true north for 1-5 days before planting will produce a 20 to 100 percent increase in their yield and the plants will be disease resistant and won’t be affected by droughts according to scientific research done with pyramid structures.

To read the full article about this on another post CLICK HERE.

If space is limited you don’t need a gigantic pyramid structure. Small ones can be constructed easily following the plans at this site: http://www.precisionpyramids.com/pyramidplans.htm and if you aren’t skilled with wood working you probably have some skills that could be traded with someone who is.

Companion Planting

Companion planting is a method of putting plants together in the garden that like each other or help each other out. Companion planting can have a real impact on the health and yield of your plants. Companion planting can help with disease and pest control. Some combinations work because of scents they use to repel insects while others work because they attract good bugs.

For example broccoli, brussel sprouts and cabbage do not like to be around strawberries and potatoes don’t do well around the melon family but carrots love to be around tomatoes.

In fact there’s a great book on companion planting called: CARROTS LOVE TOMATOES & ROSES LOVE GARLIC – Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening

For CARROTS LOVE TOMATOES & ROSES LOVE GARLIC : Secrets of Companion Planting for Successful Gardening CLICK HERE

The gardening classic Carrots Love Tomatoes was first published in 1975 and the sequel to that was Roses Love Garlic. This book is a combination of those two books. Not only does it tell what to plant with what, but also how to use herbal sprays to control insects, what wild plants to encourage in the garden, how to grow fruit and nut trees, how to start small plots or window-box gardens, and much more. It’s one of the most practical books around for any gardener of edibles, no matter how serious or casual. This is kind of like the companion planting bible and is definitely my top pick for a must have book on this subject.

Happy Planting!

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One of the major concerns with survival preparation is having extra supplies of medications and first aid items on hand. Stocking up on prescription medications necessitates having a doctor that will give you extra prescriptions….which you may or may not have access to.

If you find yourself in a situation where you do not have access to necessary pharmaceuticals it is easy to become panicked. The good news is that there are a lot of great alternatives to traditional medications that can be just as effective and quite a bit less toxic to your body than the traditional drugs your doctor has prescribed. I have used natural alternative medicine my entire life as a first resort and traditional medical treatment as a last resort and can say from multiple experiences these natural remedies really work!

This article is primarily about natural antibiotics, pain killers and anti-inflammatories.

Natural Antibiotics

Silver has been used For thousands of years as a healing agent by civilizations throughout the world. Its medical, preservative and restorative powers can be traced as far back as the ancient Greek and Roman Empires. Long before the development of modern pharmaceuticals, silver was employed as a germicide.

Consider these interesting facts:

• The Greeks used silver vessels to keep water and other liquids fresh. The writings of Herodotus, the Greek philosopher and historian, date the use of silver to before the birth of Christ.
• The Roman Empire stored wine in silver urns to prevent spoilage.
• The use of silver is mentioned in ancient Egyptian writings.
• In the Middle Ages, silverware protected the wealthy from the full brunt of the plague.
• Before the advent of modern germicides and antibiotics, it was known that disease-causing pathogens could not survive in the presence of silver. Consequently, silver was used in dishware, drinking vessels and eating utensils.
• In particular, the wealthy stored and ate their food from silver vessels to keep bacteria from growing.
• The Chinese emperors and their courts ate with silver chopsticks.
• The Druids have left evidence of their use of silver.
• Settlers in the Australian outback suspend silverware in their water tanks to retard spoilage.
• Pioneers trekking across the American West found that if they placed silver or copper coins in their casks of drinking water, it kept the water safe from bacteria, algae, etc.
• All along the frontier, silver dollars were put in milk to keep it fresh. Some of us remember our grandparents doing the same.
• Silver leaf was used to combat infection in wounds sustained by troops during World War I and currently the US army has started putting silver threads in their uniforms for bacteria and odor control.
• Prior to the introduction of antibiotics, Colloidal Silver was used widely in hospitals and has been known as a bactericide for at least 1200 years.
• In the early 1800s, doctors used silver sutures in surgical wounds with very successful results.
• In Ayurvedic medicine, silver is used in small amounts as a tonic, elixir or rejuvenative agent for patients debilitated by age or disease.
• Bed Bath and Beyond currently sells ionic silver sticks for use with their humidifiers to help eliminate bacteria growth in the humidifer.
• Hiking stores sell colloidal silver socks (which you can actually make yourself by spraying your socks with colloidal silver and letting them dry) for helping to prevent athletes foot.

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I’ve used colloidal silver for a really nasty tooth infection that spread into my jaw and cheek with very quick results. And I keep this on hand now for both myself and my cat. (See my article on natural first aid kits for pets)

A note about colloidal silver: There is a big difference between colloidal silver and ionic silver. Many companies that claim to be selling colloidal silver are really selling ionic silver. The difference between silver ions and silver particles boils down to the fact that silver ions combine with chloride ions to form silver chloride and silver particles do not. Also ingestion of highly concentrated forms of ionic silver (100 ppm and above) may cause argyria, a permanent discoloration of the skin. True colloidal silver will not cause argyria. The best brand I’ve found and one that is true colloidal silver is the MesoSilver brand of colloidal silver.

To read more about colloidal silver and the differences you should know when deciding what brand to buy CLICK HERE

Essential Oils for Antibiotics

Certain 100% therapeutic grade essential oils also have VERY strong antibiotic properties…(quite a bit stronger than pencillin) This applies ONLY to therapeutic grade essential oils – not perfume grades or B grades.

AFNOR (French Association of Normalization) standards for therapeutic grade essential oils state the percentages of certain chemical constituents that must be present for an essential oil to qualify as true therapeutic grade.

As a general rule, if two or more marker compounds in an essential oil fall outside their proper percentages, the oil may not meet AFNOR standards.

Most of the essential oils made today are perfume grade and will NOT work in this application. Note: If you are going to use essential oils for therapeutic purposes you MUST use 100% Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils.

Here are the essential oils you can use for antibiotics:

The Most Powerful Essential Oils for Killing Respiratory Tract Germs When diffused:

Cinnamon Bark
Lemongrass
Thyme
Peppermint
Melaleuca
Lavender

Essential oils with the most killing power against 8 different strains of Helicobacter Pylori:

Cinnamon Bark
Lemongrass
Clove
Eucalyptus

Consuming very small amounts of essential oils can attack infection from Helicobacter Pylori (H. Pylori), a common cause of stomach ulcers and even heart disease and cancer.

A concentration of just 0.002% Manuka or 0.004% Cinnamon Bark essential oils can wipe out several strains of Helicobacter pylori. Resistance of Helicobacter Pylori to Lemongrass did not develop even after 10 sequential passages, whereas resistance to clarithromycin developed under the same conditions. [T. Ohno, PhD, Kyoto Prefetural University of Medicine, Japan]

The most powerful anti-microbial essential oils:

Thyme - 55% Thymol – effective against e coli, salmonella and pneumonia. It also kills the organisms responsible for tooth decay, gingivitis and bad breath.

Clove - 80% Eugenol – kills more than 60 types of different bacteria. It’s also a powerful antioxidant and is anti-inflammatory.

Clove vs. Microbes:

Bacteria and fungi tend to cluster together in clusters called biofilms that serve as a powerful protective mechanism. Clove is one of the few natural compounds that can disrupt these biofilms. Eugenol disrupts biofilms.

Clove essential oil, and its primary constituent, eugenol, kill more than 60 types of bacteria,15 strains of fungi and several viruses. Eugenol strongly inhibits growth of HSVI and HSVII.

ORAC- Clove bud essential oil is the most powerful antioxidant known, according to USDA researchers at Tufts University, and has over a one million ORAC score.

Oregano - 60% Carvacrol – Carvacrol from oregano essential oil kills spores from anthrax, e coli and 25 different bacteria.

Penicillin vs. Oregano Essential Oil:

12 micro liters of oregano essential oil had the antibacterial equivalence of 10 units of penicillin. Traditional antibiotics kill the bacteria, but wipe out good bacteria that the body needs as well in the process. Oregano essential oil is effective against penicillin resistant diseases and is highly antibacterial and anti-microbial.

Eugenol from Clove essential oil, thymol from Thyme essential oil, and carvacrol from Oregano essential oil have been used in dentistry since the 19th century for root canals, temporary fillings and cements, periodontal therapy and abscesses. These oils are currently designated as GRAS by FDA.

From my own personal experience I have used a combination of Thyme and Oregano essential oils, putting a few drops into empty capsules and taking them 3-4 times per day, for food poisoning, bronchitis, tooth infection, and bladder infections and they have worked very well for me when I didn’t feel like taking prescription antibiotics.

Thieves – Thieves essential oil blend is highly antiviral, antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-infectious and helps to protect the body against such illnesses as flu, colds, sinusitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, sore throats, cuts, etc.

This blend was created from research about a group of 15th-century thieves who rubbed oils on themselves to avoid contracting the plague while they robbed the bodies of the dead and dying. When apprehended, these thieves disclosed the formula of herbs, spices, and oils they used to protect them-selves in exchange for more lenient punishment.

The essential oils contained in the Thieves blend are Clove, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus Radiata, Lemon and Rosemary.

For the full article on The Powerful Germ, Bacteria and Virus Fighting Thieves Essential Oil Blend CLICK HERE

I have used Thieves oil blend, which has a high concentration of Clove essential oil in it, daily for the last 6 months or so for a chipped crown and root infection. The root infection hasn’t worsened in the last 6 months. I have been putting a couple of drops of the Thieves essential oil blend directly onto the tooth every morning after I brush my teeth. It seems to be working for me so far. I’m hoping to indefinitely put off cavitational surgery.

I also sometimes use Young Living’s Inner Defense which is a gel capsule of Thieves, Thyme and Oregano and Citronella all blended together in gelcap form. It’s easier than putting the individual oils into empty capsules but either way works the same… it’s just a matter of convenience.

Word of caution: Thyme and Oregano are incredibly hot oils and very strong DO NOT put drops directly in the mouth or it will burn, rather put the drops into an empty capsule (easily available at most health food stores and online) and take in capsule form or just use Inner Defense which is in gelcap form and already pre-mixed.

PLEASE NOTE: The information in this article about essential oils is based solely on the use of 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils due to their high quality and tested purity. The use of a brand of uncertain quality and/or purity will provide you with potentially dangerous, if not lethal, results. The author assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.

For 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils CLICK HERE

Also check out my article Create Your Own Essential Oils First Aid Kit

Natural Painkillers and Anti-Inflammatories

For natural pain and inflammation relief Vitamin D3 combined with Omega-3 fish oil are two of the most potent anti-inflammatory agents known.

For a human adult 10,000 IU’s of Vitamin D combined with 2000 mg of Omega-3 fish oil achieve a superior (and safer) pain and anti-inflammatory effect. This natural anti-inflammation effect is stronger than prescription strength Vioxx or Motrin with none of the side effects.

Each year, the side effects of NSAID use cause nearly 103,000 hospitalizations and 16,500 deaths by some estimates in the U.S., according to a November, 2005 article in Medical News Today. Low dose aspirin use has similar effects according to a 2006 article studying hospital admissions in Spain.

My personal favorite is Young Living’s Omega Blue Fish Oil for the reason that fish oil can be so fragile and can become rancid quite easily. Consuming rancid fish oil is like declaring war on your body, and it can contain millions of free radicals that damage your cells.

Young Living’s Omega Blue Fish Oil is not only free from mercury and other toxins but it also contains the essential oils of blue (German) chamomile, lemongrass, myrrh, and clove essential oils which not only help preserve the freshness of the fish oil but also contain many health benefits and make it around ten times more stable than other fish oils. What’s more, a Precision Delivery coating triples omega-3 absorption by releasing these stable, bioactive nutrients directly in the intestines.

To read more about Omega Blue Fish Oil CLICK HERE

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Disclaimer: None of the information in this article is intended to constitute medical advice or treatment. For development of individual health issue treatments, it is advised that any person first consult a qualified health care provider. It is advised that he or she remain under the doctor’s supervision throughout any major health issues.

The author/owner of this website is not a licensed medical practitioner of any kind, is not providing medical advice and assumes no responsibility for your improper use of this information.

The statements in this article have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Information contained within this site is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

Here is some recommended reading:

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For Natural Alternatives to Antibiotics: How you can supercharge your immune system and fight infection CLICK HERE

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Clean drinking water is one of the most important issues we face every day…whether we are in an emergency situation or simply in every day life. We can go about 3 weeks without food but only 3 days without water.

People consider the issue of water purification primarily for emergency situations but any water you drink these days (including even tap & bottled water) the question of whether or not it is pure clean water and safe to drink will come into play.

Using chlorine or hydrogen peroxide to purify water may kill the bacteria in the water but it doesn’t actually make it safe to drink. These chemicals are quite toxic to the human body and cause all sorts of internal problems.

Did you know:

Chlorinated water can destroy polyunsaturated fatty acids and vitamin E in the body while generating toxins capable of free radical damage (oxidation). This might explain why supplementation of the diet with essential fatty acids like flax seed oil, evening primrose oil, borage oil and antioxidants like vitamin E, selenium and others helps so many cases of eczema and dry skin.

Chlorinated water destroys much of the intestinal flora, the friendly bacteria that help in the digestion of food and which protects the body from harmful pathogens. These bacteria are also responsible for the manufacture of several important vitamins like vitamin B12 and vitamin K. Killing beneficial intestinal flora can lead to yeast infections, candida, and leaky gut.

It is also not uncommon for chronic skin conditions like acne, psoriasis, seborrhea and eczema to clear up or to be significantly improved by switching to unchlorinated drinking water and supplementing the diet with lactobacillus acidophilus and bifidus.

Chlorinated water contains chemical compounds called trihalomethanes which are carcinogens resulting from the combination of chlorine with compounds in water. These chemicals, also known as organochlorides, do not degrade very well and are generally stored in the fatty tissues of the body (breast, other fatty areas, mother’s milk, blood and semen). Organochlorides can cause mutations by altering DNA, suppress immune system function and interfere with the natural controls of cell growth.

Chlorine has been documented to aggravate asthma, especially in those children who make use of chlorinated swimming pools.

Several studies also link chlorine and chlorinated by-products to a greater incidence of bladder, breast and bowel cancer as well as malignant melanoma. One study even links the use of chlorinated tap water to congenital cardiac anomalies.

References:
Fackelman, K.A., Hints of a chlorine-cancer connection. Science News; Flaten, T.P., Chlorination of drinking water and cancer incidence in Norway. International Journal of Epidermiology; Messina V., Chlorine and cancer. Good Medicine

Below are five safe non-toxic methods of purifying water during emergency situations, outside of boiling water, if you didn’t have access to a heat source to boil your water.

Stabilized Oxygen Water Purification Drops

Superior to chlorine or hydrogen peroxide, Stabilized Oxygen Water Purification Drops are not only safe and non-toxic…they are actually good for you! Oxygen destroys harmful bacteria and cleans poisons out of the system. Because Stabilized Oxygen Water Purification Drops are completely non-toxic, unlike chlorine and hydrogen peroxide, they can be used medicinally and you can drink them in water to prevent illness. Stabilized Oxygen Water Purification Drops can also be used topically on wounds, to kill harmful bacteria. They are an ideal item for your emergency medical kit.

Stabilized Oxygen Water Purification Drops eliminates harmful bacteria while leaving beneficial bacteria intact, and eliminates toxins, germs, and viruses. A 2 ounce bottle will purify up to 55 gallons of water. ANY water source in the world can be made safe for consumption.

Simply add twenty drops of stabilized oxygen to one gallon of water.
Add 100 drops to every 5 gallons

The bottles are small and take up little size or weight and are great to fit easily into your go bag.

For  Stabilized Oxygen Water Purification Drops CLICK HERE

Russian Psychotronic Harmony Bio-Resonator Cards

This technology might sound a bit out there but the research is showing up in many scientific journals and is starting to gain visibility and notability.

Ten years ago, the best scientists of Russia — mathematicians and physicists — gathered and they managed to describe the qualities of water. They made an exact mathematical description.

Water has a molecular structure. Water, or any matter, has a vortex structure within each molecule. The information is contained within the motion of the vortexes. All matter can be described in such a way. When water is coming down and through the ground, crystals affect this water, and they pass on the information that they hold on a molecular level. The vortex is the place where the matter is synthesized.

The mathematicians and physicists were able to describe the process that takes place inside water, and were able to understand what processes were happening there. They were also able to create some equipment that can restore the water to its original nature.

To purify water without physically contacting it, Russian physician Victor Vergun has developed a bit of technology that looks something like a credit card. A container of water or juice is set on it, and in a few minutes the liquid is measurably purer.

So how does this work exactly?

According to Dr. Vergun, the recorded structure of all living matter is printed on the “applicator cards” [on which you would place the glass of water]. He states: “We were able to define and duplicate this natural mechanism, in mathematical terms. And we have written this process down on this piece of paper.

Matter is either being synthesized or destroyed, constantly. When this equipment resonates with anything, then matter is being affected by the energy field radiated by this equipment.”

To read the full interview with Dr. Victor Vergun CLICK HERE

The devices they have created are small cards impregnated with a new fractal technology. These cards are used in Russia to regenerate energy fields, including returning water to its pristine, spring-like condition. (We’ve seen one of the cards turn a murky glass of water completely clear in a few seconds.)

The card you will use most often is no bigger than a typical business card. Larger cards, (about 6 inches tall, and another that’s the same width and 4 inches tall) come with various nature photos or designs on the front and can be hung on the wall in a picture frame to harmonize your living space. Tiny ones (about 1 x 1½”) can be inserted into cellphones to protect the human aura from being fractured by radiation.

The BioResonator cards are something that can be packed into a go bag quite easily and take up virtually no space or weight….and they can multi-task as not only a water purifier but as an environmental radiation protector as well.

For Russian Psychotronic Harmony BioResonator Cards CLICK HERE

For Russian Psychotronic Harmony BioResonator Cards Gold Version CLICK HERE

LifeSaver Water Bottles

This is an AMAZING water filtration bottle that filters out even nanoparticle sized viruses! There are a few travel bottles on the market designed with filters that remove bacteria and chemicals but this is the first one I’ve seen that filters out viruses too.

Check out the video below for a demonstration of the LIFESAVER® water filtration bottle by the inventor, Michael Pritchard.

The LifeSaver Bottle comes as a sports bottle style as shown above and then there’s also a larger jerry can style that will filter about 20,000 liters of water without the aid of chemicals.

Both styles filter out both bacteria and viruses….not just bacteria so you can feel safe that you’re drinking completely clean pure water in any situation.

The sports bottle size would fit easily into a go bag and the jerry can size would be great just to keep in your car.

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Berkey Water Filtration Bottles

Berkey water filtration systems are probably the most well known brand in the emergency preparedness world.

The Go Berkey system for traveling removes pathogenic bacteria, cysts and parasites entirely and extracts harmful chemicals such as herbicides, pesticides, VOCs, organic solvents, radon 222 and trihalomethanes. It also reduces unhealthy heavy metals such as lead and mercury. This system is so powerful it can remove red food coloring from water without removing the beneficial minerals your body needs.

It doesn’t remove viruses though…unlike the LifeSaver Bottle. But it’s a LOT less expensive for the Go Berkey system than the LifeSaver ($139 vs. $245) and adding a few drops of stabilized oxygen drops to the filtered water would kill any viruses solving that issue…but you have less things to pack with the LifeSaver Bottle…so those are the considerations between the two.

The larger Berkey filters DO filter out viruses so if you’re sheltering in then the Big Berkey Filters are a great option for the money.

For the Go Berkey Kit CLICK HERE

For the Big Berkey Filters CLICK HERE

But what if there was no water around to filter? This is a scenario that could happen. Even if you had the greatest water filtration systems in the world it wouldn’t help you if there was no water around to filter. One option is to store water, which takes up a LOT of space that you could be using for other things like supplies, food or garden space.

Atmospheric water generators

An even better option is to generate water out of the humidity in the air. Atmospheric water generators produce safe, clean, pure sparkling water out of the humidity in the air.

Water extracted from the moisture in the air is already relatively “clean” when compared to many other traditional water sources. But, in order to make it pristine, it is still run through 11-12 different filtration processes (depending on which model you purchase).

They have solar, wind, and gas-powered generator power options so that if there was no electricity it can still generate about 8 gallons of water per day ensuring clean drinkable water for you and your family at all times.

This option is more for sheltering in. Atmospheric water generators are the size of a water cooler so they wouldn’t fit too well in your car but if you had to shelter in and there was no traditional water source available this would solve that issue.

To read the full article on the atmospheric water generators CLICK HERE

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So these are five completely safe non-toxic ways to purify water in an emergency situation without using harmful chemicals. Just because you might be in a disastrous situation doesn’t mean you have to drink toxic chemically laden water…that would just be postponing getting sick immediately for getting sick down the road.

You can still take care of yourself and your loved ones in a crisis or disaster and stay healthy at the same time. Drinking safe non-toxic water is available in many options.

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