Monthly Archives: March 2012

Survivalist Tip:  Vitamin D is actually a rarity in the vitamin world, found in only a few foods; mainly fish, eggs, milk and cod liver oil.  Five forms of Vitamin D have been identified: 1 – 5.  (Scientists were too excited to give them individual names.)  Vitamin D’s basic function is to maintain normal blood levels of calcium and phosphorus.  As you know, calcium is a critical element in the health of bones and teeth.  Phosphorus is an element represented by the letter “P” (as if that wasn’t obvious); it is essential to all life forms because it helps to extract energy from food, particularly fats and starches.  It speeds up the healing process and works with calcium to strengthen bones.  Strong bones will be of the utmost importance as you struggle to survive in the immediate aftermath of the apocalypse.  Strong bones will help you search for food, build fires in the outdoors to cook it and beat the crap out of anybody that tries to steal that food.  The ancient Mayans – as short and stocky as they were – had incredibly strong bones.  How else do you think they were able to build those massive pyramids without draft animals?  Therefore, it’s important that you a ready supply of Vitamin D in your cache of goods.  You may not build any pyramids, but strong bones will come in handy when you remodel your house after the axes switch.

Survivalist Tip:  Vitamin C is one of the best vitamins for normal physical growth and development.  That, of course, leads to normal spiritual growth and development, which explains why a lot of Jews, Christians and Muslims are Vitamin C-deficient.  Therefore, make certain you have a good supply of Vitamin C in your survival stockpile.  The human body neither produces nor stores Vitamin C, so you’ll have to consume it through natural food sources, such as fruits and vegetables, or capsules.  Vitamin C helps to heal from wounds and form scar tissue.  It contains free radicals which can assist you in combating such things as tobacco smoke, radiation and stupidity.  Radiation may be present when the axes shift, which will throw power plants off-line and upend garbage dumps.  Stupidity, of course, is a perennial problem, so you have to be on guard for that regardless of what happens.  But, with plentiful sources of Vitamin C in your arsenal, you can handle any dilemma.