Study suggests that thru-hiking might decrease vascular health

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I wonder how many ex-thru hikers are overweight, pre-diabetic, and/or have calcium built up in their arteries? I bet it is very common.

I wonder how many start that way? A lot actually.

The problem post hike is at the end of the hike, the body is starved, malnourished and used to burning 7-10K calories a day. Then all of sudden, you have access to unlimited amounts of food so you eat and eat and eat. Before you know it, you've blown up like a balloon. After one of my really long LASH hikes, I got addicted to Hot Fudge Sundays from the homemade ice cream stand down the street