Nutrition / calories per oz video

NEEpps

NEEpps

Section Hiker
Thanks for posting Jon, very informative. I downloaded his Hiker food chart spreadsheet and will do some comparisons. Looks like my Grenade bars might have to be replaced, even though they are yummy.
 
dovidola

dovidola

Thru Hiker
He sold it to me when he explained that olive oil (yum) beats peanut butter (not), and that fats (hurrah) are better than sugars.
The 'Tactical' Bars (because they're in a black wrapper) had me :roflmao: :roflmao:

For those like me who do it in grams, 150 cals per ounce would equate to 5.3 cals per gram, if I've done my sums right, so my rule of thumb will be 500 cals per 100g being properly lightweight. My average daily food pack comes in at about 725g, but it doesn't contain as much as 3625 calories, more like 2500. So I could either up the calories or drop the weight - food for thought!

Now I'm off to see if I can find some of those Old Trapper Original Deli Style Beef Sticks - got to be kinder on my teeth than jerky too.

But food bag being the heaviest item? Not when I see some folks' 'Essential Electricals' shoulder collections...
 
Odd Man

Odd Man

Thru Hiker
dovidola said:
Now I'm off to see if I can find some of those Old Trapper Original Deli Style Beef Sticks - got to be kinder on my teeth than jerky too.
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Lidl does smoked Kabanoss snacks in different formats. You might also find some in the Polish isles of big supermarkets.
 
Odd Man

Odd Man

Thru Hiker
If the body is adapted to fat burning then the fat food option is great. If not, it will horrible to go for high fat, low carb on the trail. It's really worth it to make sure one is metabolically flexible before adapting high fat strategy.

Just saw peanut butter Snickers in Tesco, which I haven't seen around.
 
cathyjc

cathyjc

Thru Hiker
It looks like there's a lot more than "vile chocolate bars " awaiting the unwary in the 'great' US of A (food wise that is .....). :yuck:

PS. On the other hand I should really re-assess my food choices for backpacking - lots of 'food' for thought........
 
Shewie

Shewie

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I skipped the bars as I can’t stand them, I’ve tried alsorts but they taste like soggy cardboard to me.

What no pork scratchings?
 
tom

tom

Thru Hiker
He succeeded to get me interested in calories and such for the first time in my life...:thumbsup:
I don't get all this snacks in little wrappers stuff - only edible if close to starvation IMO :D
My trail snacks are spicy nuts, dried figs and dried coconut - all good it seems - just difficult to resupply with Indian shops (supermarket nuts always taste 3 years old and awful) Also, mountain huts sell crisps :D which I hate with a vengance off trail :) - but I can see his logic...
Swiss or Belgian chocolate too (at least they actually have chocolate in there...:whistling:) Must look for full fat milk powder instead of the low fat stuff I buy ;)
But I tried powered peanut butter one season (and a wholefoods product too) but almost unedible...
Anyone tried freeze dried cheese ever...? :rolleyeses:
 
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WilliamC

WilliamC

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It's a pity he makes an error about a minute and a half in; 30oz of food at 125Cal/oz does not give 4,000Calories. Makes me feel I'll have to check all his figures :(
 
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Balagan

Balagan

Thru Hiker
Interesting video, mostly for the approach rather than the food itself which is very US-specific. Interesting bit about packaging and volume too although it misses the most efficient way of carrying calories: around the waist. ;)
 
dovidola

dovidola

Thru Hiker
tom said:
I've not seen him mentioning desiccated coconut - with 6.28kcal per gram it scores pretty high - nutritious too and can be added to most cooked foods...
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He covers coconut pretty emphatically at 13:15? tbh it was news to me!
 
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Balagan

Balagan

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tom said:
I've not seen him mentioning desiccated coconut - with 6.28kcal per gram it scores pretty high - nutritious too and can be added to most cooked foods...
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Most cooked foods perhaps but I much, much prefer it in my beef rendang than in my spaghetti bolognese.
 
Mole

Mole

Thru Hiker
We have a couple of vegans living with us. We take turns to cook dinner several days a week.
A lot of any processed vegan food seems to be coconut based these days.

Sometimes quite discernable, other times not.
 
tom

tom

Thru Hiker
Mole said:
We have a couple of vegans living with us. We take turns to cook dinner several days a week.
A lot of any processed vegan food seems to be coconut based these days.

Sometimes quite discernable, other times not.
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"processed vegan food" sounds rather unappealing... not sure what that describes? The sort of weird stuff thats made to like look like sausages perhaps? I am curious having been vegetarian for 20 years and we rarely cook meat today either.
Coconut (normally not the dried variety) is great in curries or as a prawn coconut soup - absolutely delicious :)
But coconut also works well with some caribean dishes or asian style noodle dishes when the noodles are added to a soupy base. We also add coconut flakes to granola mixes or indeed into nut trail mixes ;)

I'd never thought of coconut kcal until I saw this video but I'll pack some extra for future hikes ...
 
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