The biggest puzzle for those of us with diabetes – and anyone who cares about his or her health – is what to eat while we are away from civilization on the trail. We need our exercise, and many of us find that hiking in the woods or mountains to be the most enjoyable way to get it. But we...
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trail food
Rob
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 01:04 PMhaving watched my BGs stumble down to the diagnostic range for type two over the last several months I am somewhat new to all of this. I did an almost 4000 foot vertical gain hike over 5 hours on Mt Rainier. As a quirky experiment I decided to use Dove Chocolate pieces as my trail food. 5 = about 100 calories each of fat and carbs. Through metering it took about 5 an hour to keep sugars at what I thought an appropriate level. With a trail bar (350Cal) and a little jerky I consumed about 1500 calories, and think I expended about 4000. It was too cold for them to be an ideal trail food.
re: trail food
David Mendosa
Wednesday, August 15, 2007 at 05:33 PMDear Rob,That's quite a hike! You have to have lost weight.
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