[pct-l] High Fat Food and thru hiking

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

I imagine that I'm missing something here. It seams that hikers are 
concerned about what they eat, and that is very good, but is the talk about 
fats, hydrogenated oils/fats, etc. taken in the context of a metabolism 
churning along sun-up to sun-down accomplishing an extremely rigorous 
activity?

If I remember correctly, most hikers loose weight on their hikes because 
they are burning tons of calories. Is the ingestion of fats in this context 
something to be concerned about?


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Judy Gross" <heartfire at heartfiregowns.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, February 16, 2010 11:20 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] peanut butter


> If you read the ingredients on the jars of PB, they list "fully 
> hydrogenated
> oil"  and, as far as legal ingredient list, if something is less than I
> think 2% it does not need to be listed.  So items CAN have hydrogenated
> fats/trans fats and not list in on the label.
> Judy
>
>>>>full of artery clogging trans fats..."   ??