July 18, 2008

What Are Meals Ready To Eat?

As the name implies, meals ready to eat (MRE) are foods that are already available for consumption. Big deal, you say, as pizza or any other type of takeout is a “meal ready to eat”. However, these are packaged food designed to have a long shelf life. They are also designed to require very little preparation work. Therefore, these meals are perfect for emergency survival preparation such as earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other natural disasters. These rations will be able to sustain individuals for a period of time until longterm relief aid comes.
The term “meals ready to eat” certainly seems generic enough and only implies that food has already been prepared. However, as already discussed, there’s a longevity period associated with MREs. It is meant to have a shelf life of a couple of years. The packages also have good nutritional value. Easy portability is another factor. In fact, campers, backpackers and hikers take MREs on camping trips due to all the above mentioned benefits. Therefore, one could say that if any meal meets the connotation of survival or emergency preparedness food, then it can be […]

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July 16, 2008

How to Get the Best Cleansing Diet in 8 Simple Steps

A cleansing diet will help make any body cleanse or colon cleanse work better. But, there are so many cleansing programs available, so how do you know which cleansing diet works? And which one will work with the program that you choose?Although there are variations, the cleansing diet has certain rules. These are designed to help your body digest food quickly while also helping to eliminate built up waste. At the same time, you need good nutrition to keep your energy levels up and to stay healthy. A good cleansing diet will work with most people and cleansing supplement programs.Here are some of the main tips that all cleansing diets have in common. If you follow these rules, you can make the cleansing diet that will work for you.1 - Cut out all junk foods. Junk foods include the usual suspects such as fast food from restaurants; hamburgers, hot dogs, fried foods, foods made with white flour, sodas, and just about any processed foods. These mainly contain “empty calories” that do not contribute to your health. Instead, they contribute to body fat. At the same time, the chemicals used to […]

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July 13, 2008

“No White Bread Bread For Us Mate!”

Where I live, in Harpenden, there’s a small pond. I routinely feed the ducks there on seeds picked out from my breakfast of organic muesli. It amuses me when I watch these feathered friends of mine eat the seeds. Sometimes, they leave pieces of white bread behind that had been thrown to them from someone else. Do they realize that white bread has practically no nutrition value to them whatsoever? Of course they don’t, but it looks that way when they leave the bread untouched! On the subject of white bread. Like the ducks, white bread has next to nothing nutrition value for humans. For thousands of year’s wheat cultivation and bread had sustained generation upon generation. However, in more recent years its nutrition value and antigenicity (ability to stimulate antibodies for immune system defence) has gone right downhill. These days, factory mass-produced bread with its refining processes, […]

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