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?
Soon after performing a prompt search in the books, the reports support Wilma's declaration that tornados have really been growing in frequency during the last 30 years. Starting at approximatelt nine hundred through the 80s, the past several years have generated an average closer to twelve hundred a year, a growth of thirty-three%!
Diabetes in a Catastrophe
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 many benefits for non-diabetic preppers to undergo this sort of preparation. In my opinion, if you are going through the trouble of organizing an entire food store, you might as well do it in the most beneficial way. After all, storing bags of sugar can lead to the other form of diabetes, a higher level of hunger and obesity which are all big negatives in a post collapse scenario.
Refrigeration
They say that need is the mother of invention, and nobody has the need to invent another being like an insulin dependent diabetic person. Refrigeration is essential for Wilma and her daughter to remain alive. Wisely, they have developed ways to make use of the natural environment in order to maintain a well balanced temperature without the use of electric power. In case of an f5 tornado or any kind of disaster, damage to commercial infrastructure needs to be presumed.
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?
Soon after performing a prompt search in the books, the reports support Wilma's declaration that tornados have really been growing in frequency during the last 30 years. Starting at approximatelt nine hundred through the 80s, the past several years have generated an average closer to twelve hundred a year, a growth of thirty-three%!
Diabetes in a Catastrophe
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 many benefits for non-diabetic preppers to undergo this sort of preparation. In my opinion, if you are going through the trouble of organizing an entire food store, you might as well do it in the most beneficial way. After all, storing bags of sugar can lead to the other form of diabetes, a higher level of hunger and obesity which are all big negatives in a post collapse scenario.
Refrigeration
They say that need is the mother of invention, and nobody has the need to invent another being like an insulin dependent diabetic person. Refrigeration is essential for Wilma and her daughter to remain alive. Wisely, they have developed ways to make use of the natural environment in order to maintain a well balanced temperature without the use of electric power. In case of an f5 tornado or any kind of disaster, damage to commercial infrastructure needs to be presumed.
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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