{"id":913,"date":"2021-04-16T20:55:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inventorywolf.com\/?page_id=913"},"modified":"2021-04-16T23:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T23:14:25","slug":"the-food-plans-explained","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.inventorywolf.com\/the-food-plans-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"The food plans explained"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
When you choose the\u00a0Shelter-in-place<\/strong>\u00a0option during the\u00a0Inventory Wolf<\/strong>\u00a0onboarding questionnaire, you\u2019ll be setup with a food plan in your Shelter-in-place cache. Acquire all the items in that plan, and you\u2019ll be set food-wise for the time period you chose (2 weeks, 1 month, or 2 months). That food plan is based on\u00a02020 USDA Dietary Guidelines<\/strong>\u00a0and a 2000 calorie daily intake.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t When researching survival food plans to build\u00a0Inventory Wolf<\/strong>\u2018s recommendations, the plans I found didn\u2019t satisfy me. Being a bit of a health nut, I also had concerns with the nutritional balance of what I found. So I decided to build the food plan recommendations from scratch, using the\u00a02020 USDA Dietary Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0(published jointly by the US Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) every five years).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Of particular use was\u00a0Table 1-1. Healthy U.S.-Style Eating Pattern at the 2,000-Calorie Level, With Daily or Weekly Amounts From Food Groups, Subgroups, & Components<\/em>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The USDA Guidelines also provide estimates of calorie needs per day. For example, it lists 2400 calories and 1800 calories for 30-year-old sedentary males and females, respectively. I set the food plans to 2000 calories per day, irrespective of sex and activity levels, and rounded up to full containers. The reasoning is:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t If your household has a higher male-to-female\/child ratio, or plans to be more active while weathering disasters, or lives in winter storm climates, be sure to buy \u201ca little extra\u201d when shopping for these items.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t I went through each of the food groups and the foods that make up each group, and drawing from both my own prepping experience and fellow preppers, I identified food candidates that met the following criteria:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Once I had candidates for each of the food groups, I calculated quantities for 2-week, 1-month, and 2-month periods, adding additional variety for each successive time frame. You\u00a0could<\/em>\u00a0simply multiply your 2-week plan by 4 to get a 2-month plan, but eating the same foods day in and day out during a disaster is not going to be good for your morale, or health.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Lastly, I added some comfort and snack foods, again increasing variety the longer the period, to arrive at the final plans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Hate canned carrots? Allergic to nuts? No problem, you can substitute something else. The trick is to substitute from the same food group. That will probably mean spending some time understanding the food groups, but that will be time well spent. If you\u2019ve already got the\u00a0Dietary Guidelines<\/a>\u00a0open, they do a good job of explaining the different food groups and you\u2019ll see that carrots, for example, are in the\u00a0Red & Orange Vegetables<\/strong>\u00a0group. But before you simply double up on sweet potatoes, keep in mind, you want variety, so pick something else like pumpkin instead.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Note:<\/strong>\u00a0The Notes field of each food in recommended inventories lists its food group for your convenience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t The food plans explained June 5, 2020 Overview When you choose the\u00a0Shelter-in-place\u00a0option during the\u00a0Inventory Wolf\u00a0onboarding questionnaire, you\u2019ll be setup with a food plan in your Shelter-in-place cache. Acquire all the items in that plan, and you\u2019ll be set food-wise for the time period you chose (2 weeks, 1 month, or 2 months). That food plan …<\/p>\nImpetus<\/h4>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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