Backcountry Kitchen Essentials: Carbohydrates in DIY Backcountry Meals
Carbohydrates We've looked at the overall benefits of dehydrating your own meals to take in the backcountry. The question that we usually want answered next is "what do I take?". Most meals are built on three main components: carbohydrates, proteins, and fat. While each serve their own purpose, we'll start with carbohydrates as it generally serves as the foundation for a meal. It's also the nutrient that plays the most vital role in performing optimally in the backcountry.
Backcountry Kitchen Essentials: The Benefits of DIY Backcountry Meals and Nutrition Performance
DIY Backcountry Meals Packaged food has gotten a bad reputation as of late; however, I'd be the first guy to admit that shoveling in a Mountain House after a tough hike tastes like a gourmet meal. I'm talking gourmet as in five-star restaurant where your name has to be on 'the list' for months before you can even hope of getting a table- type of gourmet; all 975mg of sodium taste luxurious. It's shortly after day 3 and 16 pounds of water retention that I second guess my dec
V2P on the Hunt Backcountry Podcast!
Exo Mountain Gear and The Hunt Backcountry Podcast- two entities synonymous with quality in the hunting world. This is true in terms of the products they build, the content they produce, and the character of the folks who own and operate it. It wasn't many months ago I sat down with Steve and Mark to discuss the science of nutrition and it's applicability in the arena of backcountry hunting. In the podcast we talk about everything from high output days chasing elk, low out
Nutrition and Backcountry Hunting Article up!
Our friends over at Backcountry Foodie just posted an article I wrote on Nutrition and hunting in the backcountry. There are some great nuggests of wisdom in there and some of the more "behind the scenes" calculations used to create a meal plan for optimial nutrition in an effort to meet the demands of day-in, day-out hunting. While you're there, take a look at some of the services, media, and other posts Aaron offers! Photo Credit: Mark Huelsing
