[pct-l] Dehydrated Meals vs "FAT"...a Thru-Hikers best friend

[TBrokaw at montmush.com]

I don't fit your "grain free" description.  But our Calif. indigenous 
people ate lots of seeds & little or no grains.  The Tarahumara, famous 
distance runners, used Pinole made from roasted maize, agave, chia seeds, 
etc.  Of course this includes a grain (corn).  But it would make an 
interesting hiking fuel,  I do love chia seeds.  Mix it in my oatmeal & 
dinners.  I rather like chewing on them as a snack too.  They develop an 
interesting texture when they rehydrate.  Kind of like tapioca.

Tom Brokaw
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From:   Sabrina Harrison <troopharrison at gmail.com>
To:     awb51 <awb51 at hotmail.com>, 
Cc:     <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Date:   05/09/2016 06:16 AM
Subject:        Re: [pct-l] Dehydrated Meals vs "FAT"...a Thru-Hikers best 
friend
Sent by:        Pct-L <pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net>



Just want to chime in, as a person who eats a grain free diet - I'm 
intrigued with how this is going to go for me! I'm doing tons of research 
and I've yet to come by anyone else who has done that so far. There are 
plenty of shelf-stable food options for me, but I'm wondering if any other 
grain free hikers are out there, and what tips you have. 
Thanks!
Sabrina :)

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> On May 9, 2016, at 3:35 AM, awb51 <awb51 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I fully agree with you. A bottle of oil (olive, pumpkin seed or sesame 
seed)
> is always part of my food. I add it in my cereal in the morning and beef 
up
> my dinner. Mixed salted nuts including Macadamia and Brazil nuts I keep
> nibbling all day.
> Still one needs carbs to burn the fat.
> I believe your loss of weight, despite 8000 kcal intake is not so much 
that
> you did not have enough food but that your body cannot absorb it all and
> half of the cal leaves you at your rear end without doing much to your
> energy intake!
> On all my long hikes I tend to lose at least 10 lbs. over the first few
> weeks, then I start gaining it again. I don't do speed hikes but still 
do
> good daily averages with few zero's in-between.
> Happy Trail
> Adrian alias Matterhorn
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> I know I will come under fire for this but I am going to say it anyway.
> 
> "FAT"...is a Thru-Hikers best friend, especially if you are going to do
> "Hard-Core", high miles per day hiking and burn, as you said, tons of
> calories.
> 
> Fruits & Veggies are great and healthy for normal day living.
> But guess what?....Thru-hiking the PCT is not normal day living.
> The problem with "Fruits & Veggies", for hiking, is they are heavy and 
don't
> deliver a lot of calories.
> 
> I know the "Vegetarians" are going to say fruits & veggies are good for 
you
> and fat is bad for you.
> But on a PCT Thru-Hike you are going to burn all that fat in your meals 
and
> some body fat on top of it anyhow and loose weight.
> 
> Carbohydrates & Protein deliver about 110 calories per ounce vs about 
255
> for fat.
> You don't have to be a Rocket Scientist to figure out that your food and
> pack will weigh less by incorporating more "FAT" in your meals.
> The more the better!!!
> That is exactly why speed hikers like Scott Williamson carry some form 
of
> oil to add to their meals...to "beef up the calories without beefing up 
the
> pack weight.
> 
> As Marmot already pointed out, "Macadamia Nuts" are a great way to beef 
up
> the fat and calories in your menu.
> Macadamia Nuts deliver 200 calories per ounce and consist primarily of
> Monounsaturated fat which is one of the least harmful fats and does not
> affect your cholesterol.
> 
> On my JMT Speed Hikes I relied heavy on Macadamia Nuts to keep my pack 
light
> and deliver 8000 calories a day but I still lost 10 lb in 5 day.
> 
> Now, if you really want to take "UL" to the extreme and go vegetarian 
you
> might want to consider....."GRAZING".....there are lots of Meadows along 
the
> trail.
> You might, however, want to bring along a few "Macadamia Nuts" to get 
you
> through the desert section.
> 
> JMT Reinhold
> Your Macadamia Nuts loving trail companion
> ..........................................replying, please edit your 
Subject
> line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Pct-L digest..."
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