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Anyone who has tried building a stockpile of food to get them through emergencies knows that this is an expensive proposition. For that matter, you don’t even need to try building a stockpile to know that; it’s pretty obvious just looking at your receipt from your last trip to the grocery store.

 

If you ask people what the most expensive food in the grocery store is, they’ll pretty much universally tell you meat. That’s not quite true, as fresh fruit and vegetables are more expensive. But then, we don’t buy fresh fruits and vegetables for our stockpiles, we buy canned. Those cans aren’t all that costly, but then when we go to the meat department, we all want to put our hands on our wallets.

 

Yet protein is one of the three key macronutrients that we have to have in a survival diet. While carbohydrates and fats provide us with the energy we need, proteins are the essential building blocks for all cells.

 

Since the body can’t store proteins, if we aren’t eating protein or amino acids (the building blocks of proteins), the body has to cannibalize itself, getting the protein it needs from living cells. Since this process is inefficient, protein deficiency leads to muscle loss, as well as edema (swelling of the ankles, feet and belly).

 

In order to build an effective survival stockpile, we have to include protein in our diet. The trick is, finding sources of protein we can use, which aren’t going to cost an arm and a leg. Fortunately, there are some tried and true solutions we can use.

 

Read More: 8 Cheap Protein Sources to Add to Your Stockpile Right Now – Ask a Prepper