Diabetes, or diabetes mellitus, is a condition that prevents the body from properly using the energy derived from food. As a result, diabetic patients have abnormally high blood sugar. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 34 million Americans have diabetes while another 88 million people are at risk of the disease. These numbers can spell trouble in … Continue reading Prepping safety tips: How to survive in a post-SHTF world if you have diabetes
Prepping essentials: The medicinal and survival uses of baking soda
Baking soda, or sodium bicarbonate, is a versatile household product with a variety of medicinal and practical uses. It’s used to eliminate bad odor, clean stains, soothe stomachache and even extinguish small fires. Such a multi-purpose product should automatically secure a spot in your survival stockpile. But if you’re still not convinced, here’s a list of some of the medicinal and survival uses … Continue reading Prepping essentials: The medicinal and survival uses of baking soda
The homesteader’s kitchen: Tools and ingredients you need to preserve food before SHTF
Food preservation will come in handy when SHTF. With resources running out, food that lasts a long time will help you better plan your meals and save what you’ve foraged or stockpiled for later consumption. But first, you’ll need certain tools and ingredients to preserve food. (h/t to FoodStorageMoms.com) Dehydrator As its name suggests, a food dehydrator is a … Continue reading The homesteader’s kitchen: Tools and ingredients you need to preserve food before SHTF
Skills, strategies and supplies you’ll need to prep for an EMP, solar flares
An electromagnetic pulse (EMP) event is one of the most catastrophic scenarios preppers can ever face. This is especially true in today’s world, where almost every tool and technology requires electricity to function. Fortunately, there are ways you can prepare for such an event. The worst kind of EMP event you can face is the kind … Continue reading Skills, strategies and supplies you’ll need to prep for an EMP, solar flares
Sweet salvation: Using sugar for treating wounds
When SHTF, sugar may just save you. While it may often get the flak for its link to diabetes, it has medicinal uses too as a recent study shows that sugar can help treat wounds and ward off infection. The study emerged thanks to an African nurse working in a U.K. hospital. Moses Murandu noticed that conventional drug therapy failed to … Continue reading Sweet salvation: Using sugar for treating wounds
Survival tips and tricks: 5 NATURAL antibiotics in your kitchen
The odds of suffering from infection or illness goes up in a survival scenario such as a long-term grid-down disaster. During that period, getting much-needed medical care will be difficult. Knowledge of natural antibiotics is therefore crucial for ensuring survival. Here are a selection of natural antibiotics you can usually find in the kitchen. (h/t to ApartmentPrepper.com) 1. Garlic Allicin … Continue reading Survival tips and tricks: 5 NATURAL antibiotics in your kitchen
Prepping tips for the injured or those with chronic illness
Around six in ten Americans are living with at least one chronic disease. Given this statistic, it’s likely that you either have a chronic illness or have a family member with one. This reality will make prepping for a disaster a little more difficult. However, there are ways that you can manage the situation. Here’s what … Continue reading Prepping tips for the injured or those with chronic illness
Health is wealth: 4 Medical preps you need to get ready before SHTF
You may have heard of the old adage “health is wealth,” and judging by the current global public health crisis, it may be a gross understatement. Medical resources, just like food and water, will eventually run out, and you don’t want to get caught off-guard when this happens. Now is the perfect time to flex your … Continue reading Health is wealth: 4 Medical preps you need to get ready before SHTF
Coronavirus lays bare the fact that Americans don’t save and are NEVER prepared for financial disruptions
Nobody saw the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19) coming, per se. Yes, the Chinese government was well aware that it had a (another) novel coronavirus outbreak on its hands weeks before President Xi Jinping and his Communist cohorts decided to let the rest of the world know about it, that’s true. But no one could foretell when a … Continue reading Coronavirus lays bare the fact that Americans don’t save and are NEVER prepared for financial disruptions
COVID-19 hits aviation industry: American Airlines grounds fleet, suspends flights
Mega carrier American Airlines is grounding 450 planes, or half of its fleet, as well as suspending 55,000 flights in April, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. American Airlines made the surprise announcement in a statement released Thursday afternoon. As per the mega carrier, all long-haul international flights are to be suspended through May 6, including all … Continue reading COVID-19 hits aviation industry: American Airlines grounds fleet, suspends flights
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