Cooking Series: Food Storage and Nutrition P4
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Nutrition
Nutrition
Food is composed of proteins, fats, vitamins, carbohydrates, minerals, amino acids, trace elements, fiber, etc., all of which are necessary for a healthy diet, healthy body, and a healthy lifestyle. It is vital to maintain your health in stressful situations like disasters when medical help may not be as available as it is normally. A healthy body helps to reduce injuries, disease, and illness, all of which are common in emergency situations.
The MyPlate.gov program is a reliable source on food nutrition and is a good basis for creating a nutritional food storage plan for you and your family. It includes all the nutritional elements that we need to consider for our food storage.
There is no perfect nutrition pill
Remember that variety is not only the spice of life, but that is where you get your nutrition. There is no perfect food or complete nutrition pill that covers everything your body needs. We can’t just store 1000 pounds of wheat in the basement and call our food storage done. We need to have different kinds of food to maintain our health. Variety fills in nutrition gaps between foods and relieves food monotony.
There are many different lists that say what you need in terms of food storage. You need to tailor make your own lists based on the recommendations provided here from Be Ready Utah, University of Utah Extension, and other food storage list suggestions you find on your own. Consider your needs, wants, abilities, resources, and budget when creating the lists for your family.
In addition to complete healthy and nutritional needs, be aware of the specific dietary needs and restrictions of your family members when putting together your food storage. Thinking that "they'll eat it if they get hungry enough" cannot apply to allergies, food intolerances, and other health issues. Imagine finding out you or a child have a severe allergic reaction to whole wheat, and that is the staple you based your food storage around. Don’t buy or store foods you are allergic to. You won’t be able to eat them, even if that is all that is left.
Elderly, infants, children, and nursing mothers may need milder and easier to digest foods than what is usually on the average food storage list.
Pets have a more difficult time than humans in changing their diets. Be sure to have plenty of pet food stock-piled as well. Learn what other foods your pets can and cannot eat.
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