![]() If we're talking a serious long-term survival situation, (more than a few weeks), I lack the storage space and will likely have bigger life issues before I run out of food. ![]() Water is more important (two days without water). I think "they" say you can live two weeks without food. In a short-term survival setting, running a small caloric deficit is not going to hurt anyone (heck, I could stand to lose a few pounds). Also think about high-calorie stuff you don't need to cook to eat (run out of fuel or if you don't want the neighbors to smell your food cooking). Probably not a long-term storage tool but, I use it almost everyday so rotation is good. Good as a calorie "adder" to meals but certainly not as main meal. Good subject! I made it a point to look at calories when I started storing "food" Example: Olive oil is high in calories for the minimal storage space it needs. ETA that is, a given emergency meal serving may be perfect nutrition for you and your circumstances, and be among your top ten favorite meals, and yet be only 400 calories - not enough to live on. But it seems likely that the thought process and estimates will bring you closer to reality than what 'emergency food' packages will tell you.Īnd, 'calories' are not the only thing to consider, but are a minimum consideration. Ready Wise says there are 13,400 calories in that bucket.ġ3,400 calories / X's 2,600 calories/day = 5.15 days for a man like X. ![]() Since there's a thread about this ReadyWise food bucket, let's use that one. NOW, determine how many calories are in some thing you care to buy for your emergency food. These are estimates in the general case pick whichever seems good to you for this example, moderately active X needs 2,600 calories per day. If you pick the table from WebMD, it's 2,400-2,600 calories per day. If one uses the multiplier quoted, 1.55 x 1,805, one gets about 2,800 calories per day. Moderately active means a lifestyle that includes physical activity equivalent to walking about 1.5 to 3 miles per day at 3 to 4 miles per hour, in addition to the light physical activity associated with typical day-to-day life
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