The Prepper’s Gut
If your gut’s not happy, You’re not happy. We tend to take our guts for granted, but if not taken care of they can ruin the best-laid prepping plans. How does the gut does its thing? What kinds of gut… Continue Reading
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FSA Flexible Spending Preps
FSA Flexible Spending Accounts & Prepping Just a reminder, if you have a health flexible spending account (FSA) with money left in it, you only have a few weeks to spend it… for those of us who actually have a… Continue Reading
Know What NFPA Hazard Signs Mean
NFPA signs: An example I went to our favorite “local” bulk foods general store today. As I pulled into town, I was starting to get a little concerned because the predicted freezing rain was hitting us a few hours early.… Continue Reading
Health: The Most Important Prep
Health is the single most important prep, ever. Doing what we have to do to improve our health as much as reasonably possible is the most important prep we can do. We All Know What We Need To Do For… Continue Reading
Five Critical Health Concerns If The SHTF
There are five basic aspects of health we need to address while prepping, things we all need to recognize and get sorted out before the Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF). These are all critically important, and every one of them… Continue Reading
Book Review: Where There Is No Doctor
I can’t believe I haven’t reviewed this book for you yet. Spoiler alert: It’s my favorite prepping book ever. Also, it needn’t even cost you a dime (although I do recommend buying the hard copy) because it’s offered as a… Continue Reading
PrepperHealth: Enhancing Prepper Fitness
Welcome to the newest category on Beans, Bullets, Bandages and You, PrepperHealth. PrepperHealth is a concept that speaks directly to the “you” part of our website (and mission’s) name. The first entry in our PrepperHealth category appeared earlier this week,… Continue Reading
PrepperMed 101: Garlic Part I – A Effective, Easy To Grow Medicine & Food
Garlic has been considered an important medicine for thousands of years, everywhere from India to China to Egypt. Does the evidence show it lives up to this long reputation? In short: Yes. Prepared properly, garlic has some very nice health… Continue Reading
PrepperMed 101: The Best Way To Deal With A Bone Break Is Not To Have One In The First Place
OK, we get it. There are times when bone breaks just happen. Heavy weights drop, people fall-down-go-boom, accidents happen. Having said that, we can reduce the chances of some accidents turning into broken bones by increasing bone strength and density… Continue Reading
PrepperMed 101: Dealing With Diabetes When The Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF)
When the Stuff Hits The Fan (SHTF), a serious health crisis is going to hit a large section of the US population in a big hurry: diabetes. Over 8% of Americans have diabetes right now. About a third have pre-diabetes,… Continue Reading
Soap: The Overlooked Prepping Essential That Will Save Your Life
Ask any prepper what the five most important tools in the Prepper toolbox, and we are willing to bet that not one of them would answer “soap”. Unless, of course, you ask us. The single biggest jump in human health… Continue Reading