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Yeah, I have suffered heat exhaustion in the bush on a few occasions.
One occasion resulted in a neck injury that I still have.

Even though I learned that in the army and they only tell you what they want you to know, they don't particularly want you to go down with heat exhaustion/dehydration.
And bearing in mind that I...

People could always stockpile water. I can't help thinking dehydrated food might have just a slight edge on no food at all lol :P[/QUOTE]

If you are stationary, possibly.
If you are mobile, much...

Wouldn't it work to drink some water if you're thirsty?

One does not have to pre-mix these things, by for example re-hydrating the food.
The stomach and digestive organs are a pretty good "mix...

If you eat it that way, it will leach the moisture out of you when you attempt to digest it.
That is a quick way to go down with heat exhaustion/dehydration out in the field.

The only problem with dehydrated foods is that it needs our most valuable resource, water, to rehydrate again.
This isn't practical in a situation where you have low supplies.
I couldn't believe it...

However, there is room for innovation, Sepp Holzer planted southern plants next to a mountain cliff, that acted as an oven, as the stones saved heat, so he could grow those crops in the Swiss...

Anyone going to start doing this I would suggest that they study what they want to grow, how it would fit into their local ecosystem and what that crop needs in the way of water etc.