Which vitamins and supplements would you stockpile for when the SHTF with limited funds?

YES!!!

The number one item you need to stock up on is GARLIC!

Garlic Is a Natural Antibiotic that has Been Used for Thousands of Years

>>>I learned that Louis Pasteur studied the antibacterial properties of garlic. I learned that Hippocrates dispensed it.

Additionally, I learned that modern researchers found garlic to have the broadest spectrum of any antimicrobial substance that we know of — it is antibacterial, antifungal, antiparasitic, antiprotozoan and antiviral.” I also found out that unlike modern medicine's antibiotics, which are failing to conquer the new "superbugs," garlic remains a powerhouse against them. <<<

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Actually its best to buy a medicinal herb book so that you can harvest your own "medicine." God put everything we need to heal ourselves on this planet. It's up to us to figure out what the plants are and how to use them.

Take for example the dreaded Dandelion that grows in most yards. People spend lots of time and money trying to kill the "weeds." I eat them. You can make dandelion fritters, dandelion wine, eat the young leaves, and the roots can be dried, ground, and used in place of coffee. (the dried root idea came from my mother who lived through the depression)

Dandelions are loaded with vitamins and minerals too.

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>>>According to the USDA Bulletin #8, "Composition of Foods" (Haytowitz and Matthews 1984), dandelions rank in the top 4 green vegetables in overall nutritional value. Minnich, in "Gardening for Better Nutrition" ranks them, out of all vegetables, including grains, seeds and greens, as tied for 9th best. According to these data, dandelions are nature's richest green vegetable source of beta-carotene, from which Vitamin A is created, and the third richest source of Vitamin A of all foods, after cod-liver oil and beef liver! They also are particularly rich in fiber, potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and the B vitamins, thiamine and riboflavin, and are a good source of protein.<<<



When TSHTF...those who can forage for food and medicine will be the survivors.

If you're serious about preparing with limited funds, I'd read my postings here:
Thread: Last minute tips for parents when the SHTF

There's over 800 tips there, intentially broken down into bite sized chunks to help people digest many of the most important principles for preparedness especially on a budget.

Yes, get some good stress vitamins. Those dosages are higher since under stress you might need a lot more (within reason since high vitamin A is bad for you).

Many vitamins only offer a portion of what you need. The reason is simple: you're getting many vitamins in what you eat on a daily basis.

Few of us are missing essential vitamins since many foods are fortified. The reason they did that was a lot of people weren't getting adequate nutrition based upon the food quality of what they were eating. For example neural tube defects are caused by eating inadequate levels of folic acid while the mother is pregnant. Since many women don't know when they're pregnant until some time afterward, it was added.

If anyone in your family is of child bearing years, then have maternity vitamins or similar is a good idea. Likewise your children should have special vitamins for their needs.

What would be BEST would be to take the time to learn which plants to consume in order to get those vitamins. In that topic I discuss the best plants to support women through pregnancy (since some plants wouldn't be as beneficial). Calcium is a big troubling one since you won't be able. to source milk in a collapse. Good points. Thankyou

Expect the same nutritional issues found during the time of the Great Depression: pellagra, rickets, scurvy, goiters (low iodine), etc. Iodine can be sourced from seafood, but that doesn't help most people who live far from the sea. You can create iodine from the green hulls of walnuts.

It's naturally added to salt in most cases. Salt will be like currency post-collapse. I discusses how people near the ocean could methodically create sea salt there too.

Many herbs can act like medications if you learn how to take them. It depends upon your specific needs. Over in that topic, I discussed the most common ailments, and how to prepare for their treatment: fever reducer, bleeding, dyssentery, diarhea, skin rashes, stomach ache, etc.

Prepping is not about using up lots of money. It can be, but that's not how our ancestors did it. They learned how to supplement from foraging. If you can learn, then you'll be better prepared. You'll eventually run out of things.

Many plants fix multiple issues, but the harvest time varies. Since others will be looking too, the areas where they grow will likely be overharvested. It's wisdom to learn multiple ways to fix common issues. Even as a nine year old, I knew ten basic plants. They commonly grow around your home. Things like common plantain, dandelion, honeysuckle, hibiscus, purslane, mullein, etc. You need duplication since that way you know multiple things to try to harvest and preserve.

If you buy them all, you'll be better prepared, but it would be expensive. If you learn them all, you'll be much better off, and most can be easily sourced.

What vitamins herbs or supplements would be the most important to add to your stockpile on a limited budget?

What vitamins herbs or supplements would be the most important to add to your stockpile on a limited budget?

how many of you would want to take the old rancid supliments in you cupboards?

make your own with renewable weeds growing in your yard

rose hips, lambs quarters, horse tails, burdock, plantain, dockweed, the list goes on, you can juice grass, dry plants, grind egg shells etc. so many many things, clay
rocks

Oh, and some yerba mate tea.

Yes yerba mate is a kick in the pants.

People aren't talking about vitamin C, the most important one of all!

Vitamin c!!!

Remember, hell on Earth means illness throughout, no doctors and no being able to get fruits and vegetables.

Without Vitamin C your screwed!

Vitamin C deficiency leads to scurvy.
The timeline for the development of scurvy varies, depending on vitamin C body stores, but signs can appear within 1 month of little or no vitamin C intake.
Initial symptoms can include fatigue (probably the result of impaired carnitine biosynthesis), malaise, and inflammation of the gums [4,11]. As vitamin C deficiency progresses, collagen synthesis becomes impaired and connective tissues become weakened, causing petechiae, ecchymoses, purpura, joint pain, poor wound healing, hyperkeratosis, and corkscrew hairs. Additional signs of scurvy include depression as well as swollen, bleeding gums and loosening or loss of teeth due to tissue and capillary fragility.

Until the end of the 18th century, many sailors who ventured on long ocean voyages, with little or no vitamin C intake, contracted or died from scurvy. During the mid-1700s, Sir James Lind, a British Navy surgeon, conducted experiments and determined that eating citrus fruits or juices could cure scurvy, although scientists did not prove that ascorbic acid was the active component until 1932.

A strong immune system is very important in a time when things are rough

Definitely need Vitamin C. Fruit's going to be hard to get and you don't want your teeth falling out from scurvy.

What vitamins herbs or supplements would be the most important to add to your stockpile on a limited budget?

pine needles can be boiled for vitamin c.

Pro biotics, keep your gut healthy, and a good multi.

I already have the stuff to make colloidal and I am sold on it's benefits. Just wondering what else to add.

You can't make real colloidal silver at home with an electrolyzer. that actually makes ionic silver which converts to silver chloride instantly when ingested and is toxic and can cause argeri when used topically. Real colloidal silver is a dark grey liquid, not clear or white.

See these guy for the real stuff: www.purestcolloids.com

Do you have any kind of agenda, - pharma-idiot?

SHILL.

Full of damn shit.

A REAL colloidal suspension of silver is straw-colored to pale yellow.

And; - it works.

Have fun poisoning yourself with toxic silver chloride dumbass.

You can't make real colloidal silver at home with an electrolyzer. that actually makes ionic silver which converts to silver chloride instantly when ingested and is toxic and can cause argeri when used topically. Real colloidal silver is a dark grey liquid, not clear or white.

See these guy for the real stuff: www.purestcolloids.com

I bought some of that and used it on a skin condition I was suffering from at the time. It did not work. The brand I was using before and ran out of would knock it down but when I tried this stuff it had no more effect than water.

This is the best I've found: HerbalHealer.com 500ppm

Either way I would not drink silver regularly. Topical is safe, and temporary ingestion is alright -IMO. Reports say it promotes cancer.

Either way I would drink silver regularly. Topical is safe, and temporary ingestion is alright -IMO. Reports say it promotes cancer.