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<\/h3>\nMen can have all the rabbit they want and still die from Rabbit Starvation aka protein poisoning.\u00a0 Very few people know about the dangers of protein poisoning, but it’s a real wilderness survival fear.\u00a0 Ask any bodybuilder how much protein is to much?\u00a0 They’ll likely say you can never get to much protein, but that’s simply not true.\u00a0 In fact this has long been a problem for indigenous tribes in the far north.<\/p>\n
Rabbit starvation is caused by a diet that is almost exclusively lean meat.\u00a0 Rabbit is a prime example of a food that has almost no fat.\u00a0 Eating only protein will lead to protein poisoning which results in upset stomach and severe diarrhea.\u00a0 To make matters worse people who feel like they’re starving eat more and more lean meat making matters worse.\u00a0 Rabbits are easy to hunt and often makeup a large part of any foraging lifestyle.\u00a0 Luckily protein poisoning is easy to fix if you spot it.\u00a0 The diarrhea and upset stomach will only get worse if fat isn’t added to your diet.\u00a0 Death usually follows in a few days if fat isn’t added.\u00a0 You might actually be better off drinking only water and living without food for a while if rabbit is your only option.<\/p>\n
Protein poisoning really isn’t a concern for people following a traditional diet.\u00a0 So if it doesn’t happen in modern societies who does it affect?\u00a0 Historically it affected indigenous tribes throughout North America.\u00a0 When they had no other form of food they relied primarily on rabbit.\u00a0 They got extremely sick without their usual food source of beaver, moose and fish.\u00a0 Within about a week they would start to feel diarrhea headaches and general discomfort.\u00a0 They could eat rabbit until there stomachs stick out and still die of starvation.\u00a0 Native tribes new the risk and did anything in there power to supplement fat.<\/p>\n
So why should you worry about rabbit starvation when we have supermarkets and easy access to food?\u00a0 You really shouldn’t worry unless you spend any time out in the wilderness.\u00a0 You never know when an emergency will strike out in the wild.\u00a0 It seems like every couple weeks you hear about some poor hiker getting lost in the wilderness.\u00a0 While eating only protein might not bother you in the short term after a week or two the diarrhea will catch up with you.\u00a0 Not only will you be starving the diarrhea will most likely cause dehydration.<\/p>\n
So why is fat so important for wilderness survival?\u00a0 All your life you’ve been told that protein is crucial to building muscle and growing strong.\u00a0 It just goes to show you that too much of a good thing can be bad.\u00a0 It’s almost unbelievable that eating lean flesh without substantial fat can kill you.\u00a0 During US military survival training they teach recruits that rabbit actually takes more vitamins to digest than you can bring in.\u00a0 Survival instructors around the word echo the belief that you shouldn’t eat rabbit if it’s the only thing you can find.<\/p>\n
In modern times we take in more fat than most of us actually need.\u00a0 If your waist size is a little on the large size you probably take in fat from a ton of unrecognized sources.\u00a0 You get fat from things like butter, margarine, lard, mayonnaise, dairy, dressings, bacon, cheese and the list goes on.\u00a0 Yet history tells us of men with lots of wilderness experience who have given up their excess fat in exchange for inferior lean meats.\u00a0 It might have seemed like a more appetizing treat, but it was often their last fatal error.\u00a0 Thankfully throughout the years we’ve learned better and shouldn’t follow in their footsteps.<\/p>\n
<\/h3>\nWhen out in the wild you’ll need to find fat any way you can.\u00a0 It’s really not difficult to find fat if you know where to look.\u00a0 Most people will survive without eating for a few weeks. You’ll always be able to edible berries and mushrooms, but don’t test your luck if you don’t already have experience foraging.\u00a0 With so many poisonous varieties you’ll most likely end up sick.\u00a0 Instead opt for worms, grubs and nuts to tied you over. You can always find some type of food around a water source.\u00a0 Not only can small creeks provide fish and minnows, they’ll also provide crayfish which are a tasty treat.<\/p>\n
Unless your Rambo it’s going to be extremely difficult to learn how to hunt.\u00a0 You can attempt to build some type of snare, but you’re probably better off foraging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Men can have all the rabbit they want and still die from Rabbit Starvation aka protein poisoning.\u00a0 Very few people know about the dangers of protein poisoning, but it’s a real wilderness survival fear.\u00a0 Ask any bodybuilder how much protein is to much?\u00a0 They’ll likely say you can never get to much protein, but that’s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3617,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[9,8,3,16],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n