How to starve in style.....kind of

[MaryN]

(16 April 2013, 09:51)Scythe13 Wrote:

(15 April 2013, 20:10)MaryN Wrote: Fasting is a great way to help recovery from some illnesses, and really does cleanse the body. But, for 40 days in stressful conditions? You'd have to be out of your mind, well, you might be! You'd be as weak as hell, probably hallucinating, and if the weather was hot, you might be on the way out as well. No use to anyone.

I totally agree.

I'm not recommending starving yourself. I'm just trying to show that there is a much larger capability of the human body to exist without food than most people are speculating.

Let's say that the food runs out post SHTF. We all have food reserves, but we also have a good month of 'hungered' survival left with which to find food, plant fast growing crops, and stuff like that. Watercress grows fast, and although it's not a super high calorie food, it could provide the final pump of nutrition to get you through until those kidney beans start to show pods, and those peas bud up.

Hey, Scythe, I'm hoping you will have got a garden up and growing so you would have something to eat. Watercress is very good for you - full of Vit C, iron and potassium - but it is vital that the water it is grown in is clean and running. Contamination otherwise can be swift and unpleasant! Hope you are near a loo!