It's really easy to cheese out the healing from food items, because multiple sources of food and water and stims all stack, giving you Wolverine-like regeneration for a short time if you diversify your eating. Easy to make, too, as Banana Yucca is found everywhere and Jalapenos come in batches of 2 from their various spawn points. Low weight, great healing, and great H20/Food values. Actually, the only food item I typically carry with me out of the Hideout is the Gecko Kabob. Stims make perfect barter fodder, and it beats lugging around a 2.5 pound Caravan Lunch. Perhaps, but most meds don't weigh anything (other than Doctor's Bags and some weird Honest Hearts herbal shit). Because with high Survival you can easily obsolete Medicine via food recipes. EDIT2: Also, I should say that Water specifically will not be a reliable source of healing in New Vegas Hardcore.
