multi-vitamins in a survival kit?

BarberFobic1992

BarberFobic1992

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it seems that, in a survival situation, your food, if you can find any, would be limited to one or two different things. would a multi-vitamin better your odds any significant amount? if so, it seems that, since they are so small, a few of them in a survival kit or a psk may be helpful.

any thoughts?
 
Vitamin deficiency problems don't show up until far beyond what I would normally think of as a survival scenario, unless you're talking about being trapped in a life raft for months or some similar thing. If that kind of situation is a realistic scenario, then some multivitamins wouldn't be a bad idea.
 
I used to carry potent multi vitamins with minerals and such. I took a 2 week camping trip where I was limited on food and forgot to replace the vitamins in my kit. I didn't notice any difference in my performance at all. I found a bee hive that had been destroyed by a bear I think, but there was still honey, so I ate a lot of it during my time there and it provided me with good clean energy to help me through what I needed to get done. Didn't crash on it, like with sugar. I'd suggest carrying honey with you, or some other energy boosting food. That more than anything, besides water, is what you will need, when under stress.
 
Luckily, vitamins don't weigh much. I say that if you want to bring some along for piece of mind, go for it! :D
 
If you've got the extra space for some tablets, then glucose tablets would probably be more useful in the short run.
 
I bring vitamins with me on overnight trips, but that's just because I take them on a daily basis anyway.
 
I think it's a good idea to carry any medications, prescription or otherwise, including multi-vitamins, that you take on a daily basis. No point compounding your problems by going off meds in a survival situation.
 
I say not to bother with anything you can find easily in the woods. Depending on where you live it is generally much easier to find the vitamins and minerals you need than the calories, and even some medicines, like the forerunner to aspirin. Of course you need to do your research ahead of time, specific to your region. As for prescription drugs, if you really need them you really should bring them.
 
That said, tea and coffee are something you don't need to bring either, but I bring some anyway. But I don't worry about running out because I like making tea from bark also.
 
We pack a bottle of multi-vitamins along with the Nyquil, Immodium and other medicines. We only have had to experience the flu, food poisoning or some other debilitating problem to know how drained you can get, especially at a remote place, with bad weather keeping you in place.
Thanks for the welcome reminder, BarberFobic1992, I always like to re-think or re-replenish supplies, especially when I have my wife and kids relying on my foresight.
: )

Mark
 
I don't consider vitamins a priority and usually eat a balanced diet that doesn't require supplementation. Plus one on the imodium, antihistimines, aspirin though - these are used often on my trips!
 
I wouldn't take any but I carry a few hydrocodone or something similar. One of the likely reasons for a survival situation is injury. Pain meds might be a lot more important than vitamins.
 
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