[pct-l] Protein shakes as trail food?

[Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes]

Hi all,
I just want to put this out there. It's probably not a viable  
solution for 99% of you. When I go hiking now, I take high protein,  
high fat foods and leave the carbs home. I started a topic about this  
on backpackinglight.com titled "Ketogenic diet as a way to lighten  
pack?" http://tinyurl.com/739fq6x .

The basic idea is that if you can get your body adapted to a  
ketogenic diet, you do not have to eat very much food at all and thus  
your food is lighter. So far it is working for my section hikes very  
well this year. I hope someday to learn how to make real pemmican for  
my backpack trips.

Good luck everyone!

On Feb 28, 2012, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Fantastic article.  Thanks for sharing the link.  I've only had  
> time to
> read a couple of sections, but what I read was great information.
>
> Shroomer
>
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:01 AM, James Vesely  
> <JVesely at edmsupply.com>wrote:
>
>> http://thru-hiker.com/articles/pack_light_eat_right.php