How to Plan Food for a Backpacking Trip (Member Q&A)

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Companion forum thread to: How to Plan Food for a Backpacking Trip (Member Q&A)

Considerations for backcountry food planning, caloric density, packaging, and more for hiking and backpacking.

Feel free to submit questions as per the instructions in the above-referenced event page, or in this forum thread.

[James Marco]

Thanks, Ryan. A good summery of stuff. However, I was wondering about fat, both from body sources and dietary sources. Since glucose is needed for fatty acid metabolism, this can also decrease available glucose in you blood stream and lead to ketone production. I found about 3/4pound per day was the max I could process. What is your take on this?

[Ryan Jordan]

*ack – at around 7 min, I spoke that the Cal/g of fats were 7 – correction – it’s 9!

James: yep, there’s an upper limit of what feels good because of ketosis. I’m not a fan, especially on a backpacking trip. The goal here isn’t weight loss, it’s energy, recovery, repeat. Ketosis isn’t awesome for contributing to that. I try to shoot for 0.5 to 0.7 lb of fat loss per day. More than that, and I feel crummy too.

[Mart]

Ryan,

The only problem with the Packit Gourmet mylar bags–and most similar such bags–is that the zip is usually on the WRONG dimension. The bags found are rectangular with the zip on the shorter side making the bag tall and slender. It’s maddening. I’ve even had this same discussion with Packit Gourmet’s marketing director as we are both members of the Austin Backpacker’s MeetUp group. I’d like to find bags that have the zip on the longer dimension–like ZipLock Freezer–or better, yet, the PINT Bags.

~Mart from Texas

[BlackHatGuy]

The other problem I’ve had with mylar bags is that the closure breaks fairly quickly, rendering the bag useless. I’ve had this happen on dozens of mylar bags.

[Matthew / BPL]

Pint freezer bags are readily available on Amazon.

[AK Granola]

I tried to post this earlier… hope it doesn’t post twice!

I wonder how people determine whether or not a supplement/vitamin has the contents described on the label or not. Since they’re not regulated, a pill that states it has multiple nutrients could be 100% sugar.

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