[pct-l] Cal/ ounce, nutritionu

[marmot marmot]

AT --I bought food in towns with health food stores and sent it ahead to myself. PCT and CDT I bought everything before trip and friends and family sent it to me. Other trails I did a combination of pre-purchase and sending to myself along the way. I figure PO will hold packages for 3 weeks or more if you have ETA on them. I did Ore and Wash again  in 2012. Sent out everything at once for a month from each border. It worked out fine.  
Towns with good healthy stores on PCT 
Idyllwild
Big Bear
South Lake Tahoe
Burney--new store trying to get food we need not sure if it's there yet
Ashland--Oregon Border
Hood River--east of Casade Locks Washington border. accessible by bus.   Marmot
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> On Jan 14, 2014, at 3:33 PM, "Michael Slusser" <michael.slusser at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> As I'm trying to figure out how to resupply and am feeling overwhelmed by
> the math, can those who propose the "healthier than shopping along the way"
> option (which sounds good but seems much more complex) maybe outline their
> resupply strategy? I look at a giant list of towns, mail drops, resupply
> boxes, nutrition labels, Ziploc bags, and hiker recipes and I'm lost.
> 
> Professor
> 
> 
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Dan Welch <welchenergy at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Wise words... and I agree that Lustig's books are excellent.  I think he
>> has
>> more wisdom about the American diet than anyone else I have read.  One
>> caveat though - most of what he writes about is directed to the "average"
>> American.  He is not directing his attention to thru hikers.  What happens
>> to the body of a sedentary desk worker is far different than what happens
>> to
>> someone burning 4000 - 6000 calories a day on a regular basis. So some
>> "adaptation" of his advice is required...
>> 
>> This whole discussion seems like it is coming from two polar opposites -
>> those that feel that "nutrition" (vitamins, protein, fiber, etc) is all
>> important and those that feel that calories are all important.  Of course
>> the answer (as usual) is somewhere in the middle.  Everyone has to find
>> what
>> works best for them.  Hopefully we can be flexible enough to do that.
>> 
>> Happy eatin'
>> Timberline
>> 
>> <<  On thru hikes we had usually been concerned with daily calories and
>> tried to balance nutrition with town food. That system worked until Idaho.
>> The first town stop was after 675 miles and I ended up too anemic to donate
>> blood when I got home. It took months to build my iron up.
>> 
>> I also read t he best seller, Fat Chance by Robert Lustig. My choice of
>> foods changed lots after reading his book!  >>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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