Living Off the Land: 52 Highly Nutritious Wild-Growing Plants digg HJ: Organic is awesome, but there is nothing quite like wild growing foods. Quite simply, foods that grow wild have the absolute highest life force energy and nutritional and medicinal benefits available. Despite major advances in growing methods in the last few hundred years, humans still cannot replicate the wisdom of Mother nature exactly. That being said, for most people, it would be impractical to try to live off only wild growing foods in today’s day and age, and so these wild-growing plants are more of a treat when hiking than an everyday occurrence. But, by being able to recognize and identify these rather common, edible plants, when we do come across them, we are then liberated to access their innate healing potential. Either way, learning to be able to identify these plants connects us to that primal, natural essence that we all contain, no matter how disconnected from it we may be. - Truth 52 Wild Plants That Can Also Be Eaten Suntactics Blackberries: Dandelions: Asparagus:
FREE FOOD - Free Living 101 (SD).mp4 Mother of all mushrooms discovered in China China's Yunnan province is known as the "Kingdom of Mushrooms" for its rich diversity of more than 600 species of edible fungi. But even the hungriest of mushroom fans might find this monster mushroom, recently discovered in Yunnan, a little hard to swallow. Fungi, including mushrooms, are neither plants nor animals and instead form their own group of living organisms that generally reproduce by spores and contain nuclei with chromosomes. China's mushroom industry is a multimillion-dollar operation, with sales equivalent to $44 million in 2005, according to The Diplomat. The giant mushroom discovered in China might not be safe to eat; many mushrooms are poisonous. On the other hand, there may be some therapeutic benefits to certain mushrooms. Related on LiveScience and MNN: This story was originally written for LiveScience and was republished with permission here.
Cancer in a Can: The Shocking True Story of how ‘Pringles’ are Made By Dr. Mercola To understand the nature of Pringles and other stackable chips, forget the notion that they come from actual potatoes in any recognizable way.The Pringles Company (in an effort to avoid taxes levied against “luxury foods” like chips in the UK) once even argued that the potato content of their chips was so low that they are technically not even potato chips.So if they’re not made of potatoes, what are they exactly?The process begins with a slurry of rice, wheat, corn, and potato flakes that are pressed into shape. This dough-like substance is then rolled out into an ultra-thin sheet cut into chip-cookies by a machine. According to io9: “The chips move forward on a conveyor belt until they’re pressed onto molds, which give them the curve that makes them fit into one another. Those molds move through boiling oil … Then they’re blown dry, sprayed with powdered flavors, and at last, flipped onto a slower-moving conveyor belt in a way that allows them to stack. Source: Dr.
Meet the Man Who Stalks the World's Biggest Fish In the slow-motion depths of Southeast Asia's Mekong River lurks the critically endangered Mekong giant catfish, one of the world's biggest freshwater fish. When biologist Zeb Hogan first spied this shadowy goliath as an exchange student to Thailand in 1997, he knew he had to learn more about them. Since then, he's branched out and begun studying other huge fish as a biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno, and a National Geographic Explorer. Now, he travels the world to find these beasts as a part of Nat Geo WILD's "Monster Fish," which airs on Fridays. LiveScience's OurAmazingPlanet got Hogan on the phone to hear more about his adventures. Livescience: What's the biggest fish you've ever seen? Zeb Hogan: A 15-foot-long [4.6 meters] giant freshwater stingray. There are about 30 species that weigh at least 200 pounds [91 kg] and are at least 6 to 7 feet long [1.8 to 2.1 m]. LiveScience: What's your favorite fish? Hogan: One of my favorites is the Mekong giant catfish.
Super Easy Survival Bread : BeSurvival.com Like all things survival you need to LIVE IT day to day, not just stick it in a closet and hope you never have to use it! If you’re storing wheat and all hell breaks loose….what do you do? Bake bread of course! But do you know how? If you are new to baking your own bread it can seem like a daunting task but it really isn’t. Super Easy Survival Bread (SESB) 1 cup of fine whole wheat flour (buy from store or grind your own) 2 tbsp. of olive oil (optional, also regular vegetable oil works too) 1 tsp. salt (optional, add more or less to taste) 1/2 cup of water Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and scoop it togther into a ball. Powers out? This will serve about 3-4 people if eaten as a side with a meal, or make about 2 sandwiches. Nutritional info without olive oil Nutritional info with olive oil Recommended Posts: How to Save Money While Buying your Survival, Prepping, and Homestead Gear How To Create A Work Emergency Bag (WEB) For Urban Survival How To Build A Stockpile For Only $2.75 A Day
Homemade MREs For quite a while now, I've wanted to make up my own "MREs" for my Get Home Bag (GHB). I was recently out scouting some properties, and realized that my GHB only had some packs of tuna and some candy in them. I had broken my own Cardinal Rule - If you use it, replace it immediately. So, I went about making up some MRE packages. I assembled my "ingredients" based on "Best By" date, calories and protein content. The idea was to put long-life food together and vacuum seal it in a FoodSaver bag. For my first MRE, here's what I included - It includes: One individual serving of Beef-a-roni, 2 ounces (by weight - about 1/2 cup) of dry roasted peanuts, one pack of Land-o-Lakes French Vanilla cappuccio, one Promax energy bar, 4 pieces of Jolly Rancher hard candy, and utensiles (plastic spoon, knife and 2 napkins). Since the peanuts were loose, I wanted to separate them in the pouch. I then filled that with the peanuts and sealed it. Here are the stats - Here's the result - Times have changed!
Survival Properties of Garlic and Apple Cider Vinegar | Survival (Before It's News) Guest post by Garlic is one of the earth’s greatest health tonics and does indeed have scientifically-proven medicinal properties. Photo credit Garlic can stimulate the production of glutathione, an amino acid which is known to be a very potent antioxidant and de-toxifier and the smooth muscle relaxant adenosine, also found in the herb, will lower blood pressure. Today people use garlic to help prevent atherosclerosis (plaque build up in the arteries causing blockage and possibly leading to heart attack or stroke), reduce colds, coughs, and bronchitis. Survival Properties:Garlic is a great antibiotic and also has powerful antiviral properties making it a good choice all year to combat colds, flu, ear infections, and maintain a healthy circulatory system. Latin Name: **Allium sativum **Common Names: **Allium, Garlic, Rustic Treacle, Stinking Rose Properties: antibiotic, antibacterial, anti-fungal, antiseptic, anti-viral, expectorant, fungicide, antihistamine 1 clean glass jar
The Top 10 Healthiest Seeds on Earth They come in all different sizes, shapes and colours. The seed is an embryonic plant itself and the origin of nutrition. A plant goes to great lengths to produce each seed and fill it with high concentrations of vitamins, minerals, proteins, essential oils and dormant enzymes. If you're looking for a high quality, nutritious and filling snack, seeds are tough to beat. Let's look at the ten healthiest seeds on Earth and how to consume them. A seed is life. How to Eat Seeds There is only one way to derive nutrition from seeds and that is to eat them raw. - Choose raw and unsalted seeds - Avoid coated or roasted seeds - Avoid sugar coated seeds The 10 Healthiest Seeds on Earth Serving Size = 1 Tsp The seeds are loaded with vitamins and minerals, are an excellent source of fibre, protein and antioxidants, and are the richest plant source of omega-3 fatty acids. The seeds are gluten-free, which also makes them appealing to people with celiac disease or an aversion to gluten. Serving Size = 1 Tbsp
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