[pct-l] Nutrition thoughts

[rubberchuckie at yahoo.com (Chuckie V)]

>>>>But there are lifestyle changes which can help, too. One is to eat smaller but more frequent meals, in particular to large meals before going recumbant (hence my reference to avoiding large portions at dinner). Medication is preferred to surgery, but avoidance is preferred to medication.

>>>>You don't have to be an O.F. to get GERD, but it helps. Jeffrey "O.F." Zimmerman
 
 
O.F.? Old fart?
 
A quick side thought--I have had access to some of the best nutrition/physiology labs around the world, and much research is headed toward what you write about Jeff: eating smaller meals, more frequently. Call it grazing. Humans, it seems, were meant to graze throughout the day rather than eat three daily meals. This is especially the case for endurance athletes, which us hikers are. It makes sense in the evolutionary scale of things too, and certainly does physiologically: mainly because it's simply easier to break down and absorb smaller portions. A human is most inefficient at two things: (1) in breaking his food down (think of a Cheetah who's just eaten an antelope) and (2) temperature regulation. We can outsmart both situations by grazing and dressing appropriately. Do this, and you use less energy and therefore, need less. Important stuff on the trail.
 
-Chuckie