3 Feeding Tips when Surviving

The more you know what you can eat when in the wilderness, the higher the chances for you to survive you have to plan ahead in the way you need to get informed of flora and fauna as knowing what you may or may not eat out there may give you a better chance for surviving.

Take a look at the sea

The low tide is one of the best sources of food when in the wild and you may eat from crabs and clams, to eels, oysters and various plant life.

At low tide the chances for you to find something to eat are high and even some marine snails clinging to the rocks are a good idea. They’re quite a tasty bit of meat and you don’t need to cook it either. You simply scrape them with and eat them

You may also try some crustaceans, isopods from the sea and fresh water. They do look a lot like cockroaches, which isn’t very nice, but they’re safe for eating. As they’re mostly exoskeleton, they feel a bit crunchy too, but the moment you’re over their looks, you’re in for quite a nutritious meal.

·         Did you take your vitamins today?

You just need the proteins to keep on going when in the outdoors, as minerals and vitamins are also important. Vitamin B and C are water soluble and they begin to drain from your body right the way. Once vitamins start to drain, your body goes through all kinds of transformations.

There are plenty of vitamin sources in the wild too and you need to know what to look for. For instance, you may easily boil some licorice roots and lichen into your tea, but some spruce needles will do too. Rose hip is a great source for vitamin C, while you can get some vitamin B from the white fish you just had for dinner.

As for calcium, crunchy crabs and insects are a great source to try in the outdoors.

C while white fish can get you B. Crunchy crabs and insects are also a great source of calcium.

·         Know your plants

The fundamental rule when out there is if you can’t really identify it, it’s best not to eat it at all.

We always hear about how the bright colors are nature’s signal to stay away from that plant/animal, when it comes to plants there are some other details to look for.

For instance, it’s best to stay away from a plant if it has spines, thorns of fine hairs and if its sap is rather milky or discolored.

Don’t even think to try anything something with an “almond” scent in its woody parts or leaves and keep your distance from the three-leaved growth pattern too. You should also avoid grain heads with purplish, pink or black spurs and beans/seeds/bulbs inside pods aren’t a safe choice either.

Any bitter or soapy taste is a signal that you shouldn’t eat that and don’t try anything with carrot/dill/parsnip-like foliage either.

These are only some details to look at and you need to be really informed, more than anything else.