How do you decide how much food to store?

[TWP]

First, read the linked article.

http://www.theorganicprepper.ca/why-your-carefully-calculated-prepper-food-supply-may-not-be-enough-03162017

Now ask yourself these questions:

1)  How many calories per day do I eat now?

2)  How many calories per day will my food stock supply (per person)?

3)  Did you calculate based on your current calorie intake or your realistic intake in a crisis situation?

4)  Do I have any safety margin if I must rely my food stores for longer than planned?

5)  Beyond calorie count, does the food I have stored offer Sufficient Nutrition?  Not just calorie count.

6)  Do my stores include enough vitamins, minerals and fiber?

Unless you are doing strenuous labor, your base calorie intake is (roughly) 2000 calories per day (per person)

The recommendation is to add 50% (3000 calories per day) "just in case"...

You can find many different opinions on just the calorie count recommendations.  Some will vary by gender, some by the type of labor being performed.

Your calculation should err on the side of caution and cause you to store more than you expect to really need... again, just in case...

Finally, I direct your attention to the current reports (March 2017) from Venezuela.

This is what happens when the food supply fails.

[Jerry D Young]

I was lucky enough back in the early 70s when I first got out of high-school and began prepping much more actively to run across some very good information on nutrition in general, as well as some very good prepper (then survivalist) food storage information that included extensive nutrition information and how to obtain it in the PAW, as well as what to store to provide it in the interim.

I have pretty much always kept products for balanced meals, high in high grade protein and healthy fats, with micro-nutrients addressed using some specific foods.

Just my opinion.

[Ken K7KBJ]

I liked this topic so much, it is the topic for this week's net.