I do love summer sausage and cheese on crackers for lunch. Now they have cheese with bacon crackers out.
I do love summer sausage and cheese on crackers for lunch. Now they have cheese with bacon crackers out.
Blackheart
Gee, I really don't think that's an issue on the AT for most people. (Some people like vegans with highly restrictive diets may have problems resupplying at gas station mini-marts; that's not really a money issue.) There are plenty of opportunities to get calories until you reach the northernmost 100 miles of the trail. Even at mini-mart prices most everybody can occasionally afford some mac & cheese, Ramen noodles, and a bag of Fritos. It's just that people with limited funds can't regularly go for the easiest (and most expensive) resupply, but will often have to walk a couple of extra miles to get to the local Walmart.
I planned for $20/day. This will cover the resupply days in town where you crush 8,000 calories in a sitting at a restaurant. People make it all the way on honey buns and ramen. Can't argue that. I preferred to take a more nutritional approach to calories and made a conscious effort to get as much fiber, vegetables, fruits, etc. I also added electrolytes into my drink mixes. It made a world of difference compared to my 2016 attempt.
it is a newly emerging diagnosis, and may end up inconclusive, but yes chronic over exercise and under nourishment are linked to heart stress/ disease - >2 % body fat that was once held up as a model of perfect health may not be
something to be said of the old adage: moderation in all things