Wilma Bryant brings a very difficult topic to the set of Doomsday Preppers: survival with a medical condition. In her case the condition is diabetes. Dependence on medication can seriously complicate the plans of a lot of would be preppers. How does she manage to plan her survival off the grid in order to stay alive?
EF5 Tornados - increasing frequency?
After doing a quick analysis of the literature, the research supports Wilma's statement that tornadoes have really been increasing in frequency over the last 30 years. Moving from a number of approximately 900 through the 1980s, the past few years have produced an average closer to twelve hundred per year, an increase of thirty three%!
Diabetes in a Disaster
According to the program, 8% of the Us population at present is suffering from diabetic issues, and diabetes is the 7th leading cause for death in the country. While we realize that diabetes is one of the leading preventable causes of death caused by extra carbohydrate intake, this isn't the cause of Wilma's illness. As an insulin dependent diabetic, she Wilma afflicted with Type I diabetes, an autoimmune disease that attacks the body cells which creates insulin within the pancreas. Until the extensive accessibility to insulin, this was regarded as a fatal disease and people who developed it seldom lived through childhood.
Low carb prepping
I have a feeling Wilma and I would get along because she is also into low carb prepping. While it is a matter of necessity rather than preference for her, the amount of food she has stored is a testament to how it can be done. In order to minimize the amount of insulin she would need for eating a meal, Wilma has selected low carbohydrate foods for her storage. With a lower glycemic index, the food is not converted to blood sugar as quickly (if at all) and less insulin is required to clear the blood stream.
There are several benefits to non-diabetic preppers going through this kind of preparation. I believe that if you are experiencing the issues of arranging an entire food store, you might also do it in the most beneficial manner. In fact, storing sacks of sugar can lead to another type of diabetes, a better level of hunger as well as obesity. These are all big negatives in a post collapse scenario.
Refrigeration
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and no one has the need to invent like an insulin dependent diabetic. In order to stay alive, Wilma and her daughter needed refrigeration. They have wisely devised ways to use the environment to maintain a stable temperature without the use of electricity. In the event of an f5 tornado or any disaster, loss of infrastructure should be assumed.
The two methods Wilma is planning to refrigerate her insulin are having cold creek water and also by creating an underground storehouse. 5 feet beneath the ground will generally showcase constant temperatures as well as moisture levels like we have experienced previously. It has the extra benefit of being undetectable from possible looters and insulated from the majority of the possible mishaps that might take place outside.
EF5 Tornados - increasing frequency?
After doing a quick analysis of the literature, the research supports Wilma's statement that tornadoes have really been increasing in frequency over the last 30 years. Moving from a number of approximately 900 through the 1980s, the past few years have produced an average closer to twelve hundred per year, an increase of thirty three%!
Diabetes in a Disaster
According to the program, 8% of the Us population at present is suffering from diabetic issues, and diabetes is the 7th leading cause for death in the country. While we realize that diabetes is one of the leading preventable causes of death caused by extra carbohydrate intake, this isn't the cause of Wilma's illness. As an insulin dependent diabetic, she Wilma afflicted with Type I diabetes, an autoimmune disease that attacks the body cells which creates insulin within the pancreas. Until the extensive accessibility to insulin, this was regarded as a fatal disease and people who developed it seldom lived through childhood.
Low carb prepping
I have a feeling Wilma and I would get along because she is also into low carb prepping. While it is a matter of necessity rather than preference for her, the amount of food she has stored is a testament to how it can be done. In order to minimize the amount of insulin she would need for eating a meal, Wilma has selected low carbohydrate foods for her storage. With a lower glycemic index, the food is not converted to blood sugar as quickly (if at all) and less insulin is required to clear the blood stream.
There are several benefits to non-diabetic preppers going through this kind of preparation. I believe that if you are experiencing the issues of arranging an entire food store, you might also do it in the most beneficial manner. In fact, storing sacks of sugar can lead to another type of diabetes, a better level of hunger as well as obesity. These are all big negatives in a post collapse scenario.
Refrigeration
They say necessity is the mother of invention, and no one has the need to invent like an insulin dependent diabetic. In order to stay alive, Wilma and her daughter needed refrigeration. They have wisely devised ways to use the environment to maintain a stable temperature without the use of electricity. In the event of an f5 tornado or any disaster, loss of infrastructure should be assumed.
The two methods Wilma is planning to refrigerate her insulin are having cold creek water and also by creating an underground storehouse. 5 feet beneath the ground will generally showcase constant temperatures as well as moisture levels like we have experienced previously. It has the extra benefit of being undetectable from possible looters and insulated from the majority of the possible mishaps that might take place outside.
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