Camp Cropper and The Two Pound Diet

On Tue, 23 Sep 2003 08:41:39 -0400, "Roger Zoul"
wrote:

What else? No veggies -- just beans and canned meat?

Limited varieties of vegetables, none fresh, think "K" rations.


:: No one has died from malnutrition. There is not one fat POW in the
:: group (anymore). The incident of disease is far less than expected
:: according to the International Red Cross folks I spent a great deal
:: of time with.

What about muscle loss? Also, while disease may have been low, does this
imply that the POWs were in a constant state of health? Can you be sure
their overall health was not in a state of decline?

Also, how long is a great deal of time?

I made two trips and spent almost six weeks. I saw POW's when they
were enrolled and when and a few months later. Most were experiencing
the first of manual labor (like digging and maintaining your own
latrine) so, if anything, they were more active than previous.
Remember, I specifically am mentioning the aristocratic arm of
Hussein's government/army. Their overall health is approximately the
same as the general population.

The future?

No change is expected. These are folks we want to keep alive and well
for reason of information gathering and potential war crimes
prosecution.

Are you absolutely sure they had no other means of obtaining more food?

Absolutely, positively, not a chance in hell.

:: The Simple Two Pound Diet works as advertised...even when it is
:: implemented on those who, shall we say, didn't exactly choose to use
:: it.

There were not on the 2PD....it sounds as if they were on something much
more restrictive than even the 2PD.

Their amounts of food were less than the 2Pound Diet which is the
point I am making.

No one starved, no one got ill (from reduced food volumes), hunger
deteriorated.....just as one would expect from any 2pDiet like
experience.

Eat less. We don't need nearly as much food as we think. All will be
well.

Mu_nstruck wrote:

:: Eat less. We don't need nearly as much food as we think. All will be
:: well.

I certainly agree with that for most people in America!