Health and Safety

Keeping “Healthy” in Mind When Prepping

Put simply, our body needs vitamins and nutrients from fruits and vegetables in order to thrive. This carries through to the foods we eat during disasters. By making healthier choices now about what we stockpile, we can ensure that the food we eat during a catastrophe truly nourishes our bodies.

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Keeping Warm in Winter

Heating the cottage with just the firebox on the range and no mains back-up made you very inventive at keeping the heat in.

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Keeping Your Home Secure in a Technological World

Emerging technology once viewed as a convenience, should now be perceived as a double edged sword. Take a look at a few online features criminals are using as a way to gain access to the content in your home and find some ways to use this technology against them.

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Kids Were Rarely Allergic To Things In The Old Days

I didn’t really want to watch it, but we were visiting Delores and her lot and she “simply had to see it’ Pah…Delores always has to ‘simply have’ something or other!

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Large Study Reveals the Importance of Sunshine on Health

A major new study has shown that those who avoid sunshine are twice as likely to die than those who sunbathe every day.

Know the essentials of layering your clothes for outdoor winter excursions!

Layering Clothes Effectively To Stay Warm Outside In Winter

Layering your clothing is one of the best ways to stay warm.  Anyone who works outside or has chores around the house to take care of in the winter months understands the importance of keeping the body warm so it can operate at optimal levels.

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Lead Exposure From Firearm Use Is More Common Than You Think

There’s one aspect of gun safety that is often overlooked.

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Learn How to Properly Sandbag Your Home Before the Next Storm Arrives

There is definitely a right way and a wrong way to build a sandbag barrier.

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Light It Up: The Ultimate Survival Flashlight: the Fenix TK-25

The Fenix TK-25 has some features that you will be able to use to your advantage whether out hunting and camping, or in the midst of some disaster such as a hurricane or snowstorm.

Long Term Disasters Will Have Clear and Present Dangers

With a major disaster, their is a dependency upon the government to save the people. The mistake these victims make is that the government is not Superman. This mentality is one of the biggest mistakes the unprepared make. If a major disaster were to occur over the entire United States, only 7% of the population would be prepared. There would be many dangers that would exist in a long term disaster. Imagine, the dangers that would lurk.

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Long-Term Security and Defense

Long-term emergencies require long-term defense plans and strategies. Contributing author, Max Velocity goes into detail on how to prepare for, train and what the best strategies are for defending your home in a long-term emergency. This a MUST-READ!

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Lycopene: The Heart-Healthy Supplement (And Its Natural Sources)

Lycopene is a strong antioxidant and is considered a carotenoid similar to the compounds found in carrots, watermelons, and papaya, among other fruits and foods.

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