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Army's Nutritional Patch

NYC XYZ · 2005-03-16T21:36:14+00:00

Hi, All: Today's NYT (link below) notes, at the end of the article on a military culinary competition, that the Army is developing some kind of a "transdermal nutrient patch" so that service personnel like a downed pilot behind enemy lines can go for up to three days without food (wonder if that means water too?)... Anyone know anything more? I mean, wow...I've always wondered why we couldn't just pop some vitamin pills, you know, if the stuff's supposed to be for real...I mean, if it's real protein, real vitamins and minerals, why can't we just drink protein shakes and down vitamin pills?? This Army research seems to suggest that we can after all.... http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/16/dining/15army.html?pagewanted=2&8hpib And down the road, Natick hopes to perfect a transdermal nutrient patch that will enable soldiers to go without food altogether for three days at a time under extreme conditions - when, for example, they parachute behind enemy lines.

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NYC XYZ
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16 March 2005, 21:36 UTC #1

Hi, All:
Today's NYT (link below) notes, at the end of the article on a military
culinary competition, that the Army is developing some kind of a
"transdermal nutrient patch" so that service personnel like a downed
pilot behind enemy lines can go for up to three days without food
(wonder if that means water too?)...
Anyone know anything more? I mean, wow...I've always wondered why we
couldn't just pop some vitamin pills, you know, if the stuff's supposed
to be for real...I mean, if it's real protein, real vitamins and
minerals, why can't we just drink protein shakes and down vitamin
pills??
This Army research seems to suggest that we can after all....
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/16/dining/15army.html?pagewanted=2&8hpib
And down the road, Natick hopes to perfect a transdermal nutrient patch
that will enable soldiers to go without food altogether for three days
at a time under extreme conditions - when, for example, they parachute
behind enemy lines.

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Howard Berkowitz
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17 March 2005, 01:43 UTC #2

In article <[email hidden]>, "slick_sleeve"
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"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi, All:
Today's NYT (link below) notes, at the end of the article on a military
culinary competition, that the Army is developing some kind of a
"transdermal nutrient patch" so that service personnel like a downed
pilot behind enemy lines can go for up to three days without food
(wonder if that means water too?)...
Anyone know anything more? I mean, wow...I've always wondered why we
couldn't just pop some vitamin pills, you know, if the stuff's supposed
to be for real...I mean, if it's real protein, real vitamins and
minerals, why can't we just drink protein shakes and down vitamin
pills??
This Army research seems to suggest that we can after all....
It hasn't been too many years since Dexedrine was also included in
survival
packs
Which, aside from the stimulant effect, is an appetite suppressant...

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slick_sleeve
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17 March 2005, 01:45 UTC #3

"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi, All:
Today's NYT (link below) notes, at the end of the article on a military
culinary competition, that the Army is developing some kind of a
"transdermal nutrient patch" so that service personnel like a downed
pilot behind enemy lines can go for up to three days without food
(wonder if that means water too?)...
Anyone know anything more? I mean, wow...I've always wondered why we
couldn't just pop some vitamin pills, you know, if the stuff's supposed
to be for real...I mean, if it's real protein, real vitamins and
minerals, why can't we just drink protein shakes and down vitamin
pills??
This Army research seems to suggest that we can after all....
It hasn't been too many years since Dexedrine was also included in survival
packs

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Howard Berkowitz
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17 March 2005, 03:30 UTC #4

In article <[email hidden]>, "NYC
XYZ said:
Hi, All:
Today's NYT (link below) notes, at the end of the article on a military
culinary competition, that the Army is developing some kind of a
"transdermal nutrient patch" so that service personnel like a downed
pilot behind enemy lines can go for up to three days without food
(wonder if that means water too?)...
Anyone know anything more? I mean, wow...I've always wondered why we
couldn't just pop some vitamin pills, you know, if the stuff's supposed
to be for real...I mean, if it's real protein, real vitamins and
minerals, why can't we just drink protein shakes and down vitamin
pills??
This Army research seems to suggest that we can after all....
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/16/dining/15army.html?pagewanted=2&8hpib
And down the road, Natick hopes to perfect a transdermal nutrient patch
that will enable soldiers to go without food altogether for three days
at a time under extreme conditions - when, for example, they parachute
behind enemy lines.
Did Natick ever deploy the self-heating pizza slice they had in
prototype (no, I am not kidding)?

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la n.
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17 March 2005, 03:37 UTC #5

"Howard Berkowitz" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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"NYC XYZ" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Hi, All:
Today's NYT (link below) notes, at the end of the article on a

military
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culinary competition, that the Army is developing some kind of a
"transdermal nutrient patch" so that service personnel like a downed
pilot behind enemy lines can go for up to three days without food
(wonder if that means water too?)...
Anyone know anything more? I mean, wow...I've always wondered why we
couldn't just pop some vitamin pills, you know, if the stuff's

supposed
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to be for real...I mean, if it's real protein, real vitamins and
minerals, why can't we just drink protein shakes and down vitamin
pills??
This Army research seems to suggest that we can after all....
It hasn't been too many years since Dexedrine was also included in
survival
packs
Which, aside from the stimulant effect, is an appetite suppressant...
Also good for ADD ... keep you focussed ....
- n'a

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