| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2016 4:19 p.m. PST |
"In January 2016, the Army put out a call for 18 to 62 year-old people to risk the health of their insides by participating in a study to test what 21 days worth of Meals-Ready-to-Eat would do to the human body. It's unclear whether or not someone actually answered that call, but the Independent Journal Review decided to stage a similar study of its own. And as a guinea pig, they chose reporter Juan Leon, who had never consumed an MRE in his life. "I was the lucky volunteer," Leon wrote. The rules for the IJ Review challenge were simple: Leon had to agree to eat nothing but MREs for 21 days, and he could only eat two of them per day. Easy, right?…"
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| tberry7403 | 02 Jul 2016 4:35 p.m. PST |
Typical media hyperbole. While it may have caused him several days of discomfort it hardly "destroyed" him. Even the DoD admits MREs are not to be eaten for more than a few days in a row. |
Dn Jackson  | 02 Jul 2016 5:03 p.m. PST |
Big deal. I ate them for two months straight in 1991 getting ready for the ground combat in Gulf War I. We had a skimpy breakfast, (one day was nothing but a pineapple ring and some juice), an MRE for lunch, and rice with a bit of meat for dinner. No issues other than being slightly blocked up, which was how they're designed. |
 Legion 4  | 02 Jul 2016 5:16 p.m. PST |
War is Hell !  |
| 15th Hussar | 02 Jul 2016 6:17 p.m. PST |
They were a blessing after Hurricane Andrew…and some elements, like the flat fruit cakes were quite good! |
| Jamesonsafari | 02 Jul 2016 8:40 p.m. PST |
I suffer intestinal distress after eating them for a few days |
| carne68 | 02 Jul 2016 9:12 p.m. PST |
Ahhhh yes. The birth of the MRE loaf… |
| bandit86 | 02 Jul 2016 10:32 p.m. PST |
They make and research them in my town I got the notice that the were looking for people and thought about doing it, glad I did not |
 Wolfshanza | 02 Jul 2016 11:05 p.m. PST |
Never really crazy about MREs. Much preferred C rats ! |
| CorroPredo | 03 Jul 2016 8:22 a.m. PST |
Maybe it was the same reporter that got PTSD from shooting an AR-15……… |
| Tango01 | 03 Jul 2016 11:25 a.m. PST |
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| Oberlindes Sol LIC | 03 Jul 2016 12:20 p.m. PST |
It seems to me that the study's methodology is not quite adequate. The reporter's level of physical activity is almost certainly far below that of a soldier in the field. Therefore his metabolism is slower, and therefore his digestive system is not as efficient. So he's likely to have some digestive distress with a change to a dense high-sodium diet lacking fresh fruits and vegetables. There should also be a statistically significant sample size, probably a group taking a placebo (regular food packaged as MRE), and a control group. A friend once described the MRE as three lies in one: it's not a meal, it's not ready, and it's not really edible. |
| Patrick R | 03 Jul 2016 5:39 p.m. PST |
I find them quite edible, wouldn't want to live on them for longer periods, but there are worse things commonly found on supermarket shelves … |
| Weasel | 06 Jul 2016 8:14 a.m. PST |
One of my teachers bought a bunch of army food back in the 70s, when the Danish military was getting rid of a bunch of stuff. Not sure what kind of rations they would have been at the time, but he reported some severe unpleasantries as a result :-) |
| Hafen von Schlockenberg | 06 Jul 2016 8:51 a.m. PST |
Unpleasantries? Did they insult him? |
| Frederick the not so great | 06 Jul 2016 10:58 a.m. PST |
MREs – Meals Rejected by Ethiopians |
