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Survivalist Tip: I know I’m late with this, but as before, it just proves how prepared we all must be by December 21.  And, one thing we’ll need in our stockpile is sugar.  Sugar canes are among the oldest crops.  Humans have been cultivating them for thousands of years.  Today, most sugar cane crops grow in tropical zones in the Southern Hemisphere.

Unfortunately, sugar has gained a bad reputation in recent decades, mainly because of its abuse in the processed food industry by people who were too quick to blame everything and everyone but themselves for getting fat and lazy.  Saying something negative about sugar is like giving a beef-flavored treat to a dog: they’ll swallow it without giving it much thought.  But, sugar is an essential element and is part of our biological makeup.  It’s fuel for the body and brain and is present in almost every food or beverage humans and animals consume.

Sugar comes in 6 natural forms:

• Glucose – fruits, vegetables, honey, milk, cereals
• Fructose – fruits, vegetables, honey
• Galactose – dairy products
• Sucrose – fruits, vegetables
• Lactose – milk
• Maltose – cereals, malt products

Be leery of processed sugars, such as packaged cookies and cereals, cheesecakes, muffins and Hollywood celebrities.  They’re very bad for your health.  Too much of these things can interfere with proper brain function, and you definitely don’t need your brain to go haywire as you struggle to survive in the aftermath of the apocalypse.

Survivalist Tip: Of all the food ingredients you should stockpile, flour needs to be one of them.  This is an indispensable commodity.  Flour is basically the result of grinding cereal grains, seeds or roots.  Every culture throughout human history has created flour, from the ancient Chinese to the medieval French who used it to treat herpes sores to contemporary residents of Beverly Hills who use it to feed their Mexican gardeners.  The term “flour” is derived from – what else? – “flower;” both words ironically are French in origin.  They come from “fleur,” which means “blossom.”  The process of creating flour figuratively means to create the finest part of a meal.

Wheat and rye are the principal grains used to make flour.  Don’t worry now about actually trying to create your own batches of flour; just purchase several bags of it before December 21.  It’ll keep well, even unrefrigerated.  Mixing flour with water usually creates paste.  But, it also can be baked or cooked to make some simple, yet nutritious foods to get you through the toughest part of your survival.  And, if you want to add extra taste to it, mix it up with some chocolate and/or beer.  Hey, just because you’re in the midst of an Earth-shattering crisis doesn’t mean you – a well-prepared survivalist – can’t enjoy yourself, while other hapless souls stumble around the barren wasteland!