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This morning, I was interviewed on San Diego’s channel 6 news about disaster preparedness food strategies.
Here are some of the main strategies:
- Plan for enough food and water to last a week
- Realize you may or may not be in your home, so you need to think about portability
- Remember baby formula
- Keep these things in one place so they are easily accessible
- Use a Food Saver vacuum sealer to help these foods last longer in storage
Water tips:
- Store some bottled water
- Get a portable water filter
- Plan for about 2 gallons per day per person, for a week
Storable foods tips:
- Keep some canned items – organic beans are great for protein, but these are heavy and not portable
- Dry goods that don’t require cooking
Best foods to store – most nutrition and are multi-purpose:
Most nutrient dense for the most portability. Need to eat less to get good nutrition from these foods than eating processed and non nutritious foods.
- Chia seeds – these are high in omega 3 essential fatty acids, can be eaten raw, or sprouted
- Coconut oil – high in healthy fats to use fat as a source of energy instead of muscle (which in food shortages our bodies first use lean muscle tissue as a source of energy ), and can also be used for first aid as it is anti-pathenogenic (anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and antiviral
- Sardines – high in Omega 3 EFA’s, protein
- Quinoa – complete protein, takes only 15 mins to cook, can also be sprouted
- Raw honey – high in minerals, good sugars for energy, enzymes, and can be used for first aid
- Sea salt – high mineral concentration
- Raw nuts – healthy fats, minerals and protein, very satiating
Other foods that can also be helpful:
- Superfood powder (i.e. Nanogreens)
- Real fruit leathers
Other good items to help with food preparation:
- Camping stove with propane (for backpacking) light and portable, about $40
- Hand can opener for canned goods
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