[pct-l] High Fat Food and thru hiking

[Brandon Blevins]

Wow.  It sounds like HYOH and EYOF.

On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Bill Burge <bill at burge.com> wrote:

>
> 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > 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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