Stock pile Food Warnings

[Christina]

Clair WeaverDecember 16, 2007 12:00amEVERY Australian household should stockpile at least 10 weeks' worth of food rations to prepare for a deadly flu pandemic, a panel of leading nutritionists has warned.World health experts now agree a pandemic is inevitable and will spread rapidly, wiping out up to 7.4 million people globally and triggering rapid food shortages.Australia is expected to be among the first countries hit because of its proximity to Asia and high levels of international traffic.But Woolworths and Coles, the nation's two major supermarket chains, will run out of stock within two to four weeks without a supply chain – or even faster if shoppers panic.This has prompted a team of leading nutritionists and dietitians from the University of Sydney to compile "food lifeboat" guidelines to cover people's nutritional needs for at least 10 weeks.Their advice – published in the Medical Journal of Australia – would allow citizens to stay inside their homes and avoid contact with infected people until a vaccine becomes available.The lifeboat includes affordable long-life staples such as rice, biscuits, milk powder, Vegemite, canned tuna, chocolate, lentils, Milo and Weet-Bix.Jennie Brand-Miller, professor of human nutrition at the University of Sydney and co-leader of the study, believes it is common sense to stockpile food before a pandemic strikes."It's really not a question of if: it's a question of when," she said."We are going to have an epidemic. Chances are it will be avian flu (bird flu) but it might be something else."It will spread very rapidly just like flu does normally because it's a highly contagious organism, except this will be a really lethal one. What we suffer from is a false sense of security that someone else is looking after all this."While there are emergency plans within governments, hospitals and the food industry, individuals will still need to take personal precautions in a disaster, she said.The most important message for the Australian public is to avoid going out in public when the pandemic hits, the research found."We know that once it becomes a highly transmissable virus it will probably fly around the world within three weeks," Prof Brand-Miller said."We know it's got all the right conditions to start in Indonesia or Asia and there have already been human transmissions.The full food lifeboat guidelines are available at www.foodlifeboat.com.au

 

[Peacebewithyou]

I'd rather starve to death than eat vegemite. That stuff is of the devil.

 

[whirlwind]

(Peacebewithyou;27285)
I'd rather starve to death than eat vegemite. That stuff is of the devil.
What is vegemite?I live in the deep south, right on the coast, so we prepare for hurricanes almost every year. You won't believe how quickly the shelves empty with the threat of a big storm and no electricity for a few days or even weeks.Because of that but also because we can't buy or sell (mark of the beast) in the end of days....I stockpile food and supplies. I think it's a good idea for every household to keep a supply on hand.....just in case.....Whirlwind

 

[Peacebewithyou]

(whirlwind;27295)
What is vegemite?....Whirlwind
The only way I can describe vegemite is to say it's like solidified soy sauce. It's eaten on bread or crackers.As a mother, when I hear we should "stockpile" I think Oh my poor children.. what will they eat? And then I remember these verses:25"For this reason I say to you, do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 26"Look at the birds of the air, that they do not sow, nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not worth much more than they? 27"And who of you by being worried can add a single hour to his life? 28"And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, 29yet I say to you that not even Solomon in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. 30"But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! 31"Do not worry then, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear for clothing?' 32"For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. 33"But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you. 34"So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own. No worries. God will provide.

 

[Jon-Marc]

I may not know what the future holds, but I know Who holds the future. I don't worry about any of it.