[pct-l] Blasphemy (Was Hidden Gems of Bridgeport)

[Blanchard, Sym (GE&O)]

Well said!!

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From: Trish Clayburgh [mailto:trishclayburgh at yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 6:08 PM
To: Blanchard, Sym (GE&O)
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Blasphemy (Was Hidden Gems of Bridgeport)

I agree with Sym and Schroomer.  It's so interesting the judgements and defenses people have about diet and nutrition!  There are as many theories about what the human body needs for fuel as there are stars in the sky it seems.  We all have the freedom to find out what is optimal for ourselves, and should not be judged for what we decide to put in our bodies in any attempt to achieve health and wellness.

The one thing we know for sure is that the American Diet is terrible and that on the whole we are a nation of fatsos.  These days, I'm listening to the people who are healthy and fit and following their example.  Everyone I know who met Malto on the trail was horrified that he got his name by consuming maltodextrin, and "that couldn't possibly be healthy!"  But he has already made it Tahoe and is one of the most fit persons I have ever met.

We should all educate ourselves because the reliable information on human nutrition is sketchy at best, and heavily influenced by habits, bias, culture, "norms", and the meat and dairy industry, to name a few.

Trish Wild, RN, PhD
The Equine Nomad

"We all have our oceans to fly, if you have the heart for it.  Risky?  Perhaps, but what do dreams know of boundaries?"  - Amelia Earhart
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I agree with Shroomer.  We all gotta hike our own hike and eat our own way.  I remember finding the food chests that I believe you left near the highway near Chester last year.  I did find nutritious goodies in there (which I ate with relish).  Thanks very much!!!  Was much appreciated!

Four eggs  (I am not vegan...yet) have lots of fat (20 grams) and protein.  Oatmeal, toast, fruit, and milk have lots of calories (and vitamins, minerals, fiber, protein, antioxidants, etc.).

I have never been really hungry on my hikes because I believe I am not being starved of good nutrition (although I am only a section hiker and have never hiked longer than 4 weeks at a time).  For me, food is much more than just fat and calories.  But other people are different and that is good too.

For those at this year's ADZPCTKO and at Shroomer's BBQ's in John Muir country, they may remember that his BBQ'd tofu was absolutely incredible!!

Symbiosis
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Ya, ya, ya, Sym is one of those healthy hiker dudes, as was Smiles, who hiked several thousand miles with me last year, and she's the only one who didn't lose any weight!  Course she didn't have any to lose, the gal is ripped, but she was pretty healthy and strong in spite of her vegetarianism.  Many shifted to a meat diet for the trail, but not her.  The only problem for Sym is that he'll miss the wonderful sweet goodies you had for us last year at breakfast.  I ate everything in site all summer and still lost a lot of weight, but much of what was in site was true junk food, (your wonderful food was not in that category).  But Smiles made a believer out of me, if I didn't love meat and fish so much, I'd be following Sym's path.  When he hiked up Diablo with me, a few months ago, he led the pack.  Hell of a hiker for a vegan!  But you keep providing the pancakes and eggs and cheese, fruit and sweet stuff.  What a breakfast!  I probably burned it all off by the next day, or ma
ybe the day after that!

Shroomer
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Good grief, that's about as unhealthy as I can imagine for a long distance
hiker!  You need Calories!  Fat!  No wonder the staff was tsk-tsking.  And
you survived your hike on this stuff?

<sigh>
Piper's Mom
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The food was great at the caf?, but you have to be creative to get a healthy
meal.  I was able to pick out four poached eggs, whole wheat toast-no
butter, two bowls of oatmeal-extra raisins-no brown sugar, two bowls of
fruit, two glasses of low fat milk (no-non fat), and herbal tea.

The waitress actually invited the entire kitchen staff, the owner, and a few
cowboy types from the nearby saloon to visit my table and peruse the
blasphemy.  Lots of shaking of heads and tsk-tsking.  Gotta love it!!

Symbiosis
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