You might not know that both Dr. Bones and Nurse Amy graduated from the state of Florida’s Master Gardener program. The family medic can benefit from some experience growing food crops to provide the calories, essential nutrients, and vitamins that can keep their people healthy. According to Healthline, baked sweet potatoes offer the following (per cup):
- Calories: 180
- Carbs: 41.4 grams
- Protein: 4 grams
- Fat: 0.3 grams
- Fiber: 6.6 grams
- Vitamin A: 769% of the
Daily Value (DV) - Vitamin C: 65% of the DV
- Manganese: 50% of the DV
- Vitamin B6: 29% of the DV
- Potassium: 27% of the DV
- Pantothenic acid: 18% of the DV
- Copper: 16% of the DV
- Niacin: 15% of the DV
Even better, the amount of yield that one sweet potato plant can give makes it a highly attractive crop for any homesteader, prepper, or survivalist. Plus, in survival, the vines thrown out by the plant look more, well, like kudzu that anything else, making them a candidate for guerilla gardening. And you don’t need a green thumb to have a successful harvest! Here’s a video with Nurse Amy that tells you what you need to know. To watch, click below:
Wishing you the best of health in good times or bad,
Amy and Joe Alton
Hey, growing food and medicinal herbs is just part of what it takes to be a successful medic for an off-grid family or survival group. Find out much more about 200 medical topics in times of trouble in the brand new, greatly expanded 4th edition of the Survival Medicine Handbook, available at Amazon.com and, if you want a signed or color copy, at store.doomandbloom.net!
