This section will vary greatly due to different parts of the world and of course, individual tastes.
I’m not one of those health nuts and I’m not trying to promote a single item.
The most important thing to remember is—anything you eat, eat ALL of it at that particular time, because you won’t have access to any way to store opened food, and one of the biggest food dangers will be botulism. This can grow quickly in opened cans of food without refrigeration.
I can only speak on the American side and the Russian side, because I know what they eat also, and it’s very close to the American diet (although a little healthier)
A decently balanced meal will have a combination of some sort of a meat, a starch and a green vegetable. Many people who can afford it will use the MRE’s (meals ready to eat) but, there’s a fallacy there, because most of those MRE’s don’t contain enough fiber to help keep “things moving” Constipation will be a big factor if at least some sort of a balanced diet isn’t followed.
Under dire circumstances, (which is what everyone would be under) the diet still needs to remain the same, but you’d have to break it down a little.
Meats: Although you won’t have access to real meats for quite a while, there are canned meats that are all over the world. The reason for making the recommendation for some sort of a meat is due to the amount of protein. Yes, the protein can be substituted by having peanut butter—but take that jar and mix some real honey in it. The reason for the honey is natural honey has a certain amount of substances in it that help your immune system. And, the sweetness of the honey will help satisfy the craving for something sweet. Don’t try to make a meal out of it, just have a spoonful or two every day, or maybe a spoon after eating one of the canned goods..
Starches: The most common form of canned starches is canned corn. The corn will also have a certain amount of sweetness to it.
Greens: Any green vegetable contains fiber. Asparagus, Turnip greens, Collard Greens, Kale, Spinach, Green Beans, etc. Again, this is most important, because you don’t want to get constipation.
Since the period of sheltering will be very physically limiting, you could eat one can of something in the morning—the starch in the afternoon and the green can at night. Sure, it would be great to have everything all at once, but unless you have someone to help you consume the products, REMEMBER you can’t take that chance of leaving ANYTHING in the canned goods and going back later in time and finishing them off. Botulism can and possibly could kill you, since you won’t be able to get to a doctor or hospital. This is why I said in the other segments to forget about paper plates, etc---UNLESS you have someone else there with you. That’s the exception. I’ve put almost this entire series figuring on only one person being alone by themselves.
You certainly need to have a bottle of an all purpose vitamin supplement also to be taken daily. The reason for this is just in case that something is lacking in the diet.
ANOTHER very important factor that is overlooked is having Potassium Iodide tables of the 65 mg strength. OK, now REMEMBER—this is NOT like a vitamin. It’s used ONLY for radiation emergencies. Why??
The thyroid gland in the neck seeks iodine. Most people are always short of the amount of iodine that the thyroid gland seeks. There are many other things that a nuclear detonation produces besides alpha beta and gamma radiation. A detonation also produces cesium 137 and Iodine 131, but in smaller quantities—but it’s still there. If you have a nuclear plant nearby, that’s almost guaranteed it’s going to be a target. In nuclear fission that goes nuts, or there’s an escape or release, there are two items to seriously consider. One is cesium 137 and the other is iodine 131. Although the tablets will NOT protect you from cesium 137, the tablets WILL HELP protect you from Iodine 131. See, the thyroid gland will seek the iodine 131 “Thinking” it’s iodine, but if the thyroid gland is saturated with iodine, it will not absorb the iodine 131. It grabs the potassium iodide instead ahead of time. But, like I stated previously, DO NOT TAKE those tablets UNLESS a detonation has actually occurred. Take at NO MORE than two a day, preferably ONLY ONE tablet a day until it’s safe enough for you to come out of your shelter. The half life of Iodine 131 is just a hair over 8 days, so it doesn’t hang around for very long.
The next section will be devoted to how to read and understand a Geiger counter both by rads and sieverts
I’m not one of those health nuts and I’m not trying to promote a single item.
The most important thing to remember is—anything you eat, eat ALL of it at that particular time, because you won’t have access to any way to store opened food, and one of the biggest food dangers will be botulism. This can grow quickly in opened cans of food without refrigeration.
I can only speak on the American side and the Russian side, because I know what they eat also, and it’s very close to the American diet (although a little healthier)
A decently balanced meal will have a combination of some sort of a meat, a starch and a green vegetable. Many people who can afford it will use the MRE’s (meals ready to eat) but, there’s a fallacy there, because most of those MRE’s don’t contain enough fiber to help keep “things moving” Constipation will be a big factor if at least some sort of a balanced diet isn’t followed.
Under dire circumstances, (which is what everyone would be under) the diet still needs to remain the same, but you’d have to break it down a little.
Meats: Although you won’t have access to real meats for quite a while, there are canned meats that are all over the world. The reason for making the recommendation for some sort of a meat is due to the amount of protein. Yes, the protein can be substituted by having peanut butter—but take that jar and mix some real honey in it. The reason for the honey is natural honey has a certain amount of substances in it that help your immune system. And, the sweetness of the honey will help satisfy the craving for something sweet. Don’t try to make a meal out of it, just have a spoonful or two every day, or maybe a spoon after eating one of the canned goods..
Starches: The most common form of canned starches is canned corn. The corn will also have a certain amount of sweetness to it.
Greens: Any green vegetable contains fiber. Asparagus, Turnip greens, Collard Greens, Kale, Spinach, Green Beans, etc. Again, this is most important, because you don’t want to get constipation.
Since the period of sheltering will be very physically limiting, you could eat one can of something in the morning—the starch in the afternoon and the green can at night. Sure, it would be great to have everything all at once, but unless you have someone to help you consume the products, REMEMBER you can’t take that chance of leaving ANYTHING in the canned goods and going back later in time and finishing them off. Botulism can and possibly could kill you, since you won’t be able to get to a doctor or hospital. This is why I said in the other segments to forget about paper plates, etc---UNLESS you have someone else there with you. That’s the exception. I’ve put almost this entire series figuring on only one person being alone by themselves.
You certainly need to have a bottle of an all purpose vitamin supplement also to be taken daily. The reason for this is just in case that something is lacking in the diet.
ANOTHER very important factor that is overlooked is having Potassium Iodide tables of the 65 mg strength. OK, now REMEMBER—this is NOT like a vitamin. It’s used ONLY for radiation emergencies. Why??
The thyroid gland in the neck seeks iodine. Most people are always short of the amount of iodine that the thyroid gland seeks. There are many other things that a nuclear detonation produces besides alpha beta and gamma radiation. A detonation also produces cesium 137 and Iodine 131, but in smaller quantities—but it’s still there. If you have a nuclear plant nearby, that’s almost guaranteed it’s going to be a target. In nuclear fission that goes nuts, or there’s an escape or release, there are two items to seriously consider. One is cesium 137 and the other is iodine 131. Although the tablets will NOT protect you from cesium 137, the tablets WILL HELP protect you from Iodine 131. See, the thyroid gland will seek the iodine 131 “Thinking” it’s iodine, but if the thyroid gland is saturated with iodine, it will not absorb the iodine 131. It grabs the potassium iodide instead ahead of time. But, like I stated previously, DO NOT TAKE those tablets UNLESS a detonation has actually occurred. Take at NO MORE than two a day, preferably ONLY ONE tablet a day until it’s safe enough for you to come out of your shelter. The half life of Iodine 131 is just a hair over 8 days, so it doesn’t hang around for very long.
The next section will be devoted to how to read and understand a Geiger counter both by rads and sieverts