[pct-l] High Fat Food and thru hiking

[Bill Burge]

I met a kid who did the PCT in 110 days on chocolate bars and butter  
(by the stick).

Only one problem - I just can't eat butter (by the stick).

I know what you're thinking...   !!! ONE !!! Problem !?!?!

But I thought, for things like one day summits:  cookie dough!

bite size chucks, almost 50-50 fats and carbs, good calorie density as  
well...  ;-)

http://www.verybestbaking.com/products/toll-house/cookie-dough-product-listing.aspx

BillB



On Feb 16, 2010, at 3:55 PM, dicentra wrote:

> If you really want to talk fatty goodness...
>
> Coconut Creme Powder!   180 calories per ounce.
>
>
> Mix it with the peanut butter powder and toss with rice or noodles  
> and veggies. NOM NOM NOM! It is also good mixed into hot chocolate  
> or your cereal in the morning.
>
> Don't get it  online though - hit up your local Asian market. Runs  
> about $0.70 to $1.20 per package and a little bit goes a long way.
>
> ~Dicentra
>
> http://www.onepanwonders.com ~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
> http://www.freewebs.com/dicentra
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> ________________________________
> From: nosirreeb <nosirreeb at yahoo.com>
> To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
> Sent: Tue, February 16, 2010 3:01:36 PM
> Subject: [pct-l] High Fat Food and thru hiking
>
> IMO as a reasonably well-informed amateur nutritionist, eating a  
> high-fat diet is not healthy even if one is burning off all the  
> calories and more. A diet high in saturated fats, such as peanut  
> butter, is even worse. Exercising and burning off all the calories  
> has to do with weight gain/loss and fitness ... it has nothing to do  
> with health. Plenty of very fit, lean people have died of heart  
> disease due to clogged arteries caused by a high fat diet.
>
> That said, if one is healthy, i.e. the arteries are clean, when  
> starting a long-distance hike, then a few weeks/months of a high fat  
> diet is not likely to cause long-term harm. Just go back to healthy  
> eating when the hike is done.
>
> If one eats a high fat Standard American Diet (S.A.D.) diet at home,  
> then the arteries are probably already partially blocked and ...  
> well, then you probably don't care about what you eat anyway. Good  
> luck.
>
> As for me: I'll be eating PB on the trail and plenty of it because  
> of its caloric density.
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