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Food for hiking
Hi,im going on a 1 month hike.Gonna be walking 20-40km per day.Im vegan (high carb low fat mostly raw food) and i dont know what food to bring.My backpack cant be more than 10kg and im gonna take a lot of nuts and some dried fruit and energy bars but other than that i dont know and if anyone has some ideas id appreciate it a lot.Thanks
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There is no way anyone can carry enough food for one month plus the other things they need in a 20 pound pack. I would think you are going on an organized hike in which case my suggestion is that you contact the outfitter who will be staging food at the rest areas and overnight camping areas.
Advise the outfitter or organizer of your dietary needs and see what they can do to accommodate you. There is not enough protein in what you are planning to carry to get you through a hike of the length you will be hiking each day. You will need to take in many more calories than normal to make up for what you expend.
Generally the food supplied by the outfitter is a light meal at midday, so as not weigh and a heavy down and make you sluggish. Then a campfire meal at night to make up for what was expended during the day and prepare for the next day. Since you are a Vegan they will have to pack in different food for you. If they are unwilling to do so for you then I suggest you forgo this adventure until you find an outfitter who will accommodate your dietary needs.
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There might be one of those US/UK term conflicts here if you're in US. You know what I mean by Jam? Or preserve? Sticky, sweet spread, made by boiling fruit (like raspberry, strawberry etc) with lots of sugar and letting it semi-set into a paste. Pieces of bread spread with jam (jam sandwiches in other words) are amazingly good to sustain you under physical effort. Not a nutrition expert but it's something to do with carbs (from the bread) and sugars from the jam. The quick release grain sugar and the slower-release fruit sugar (is it called fructose or something?). Whatever, it works a treat. As far as fats, can't think there are any being just bread, fruit and sugar basically. You might give it a try and see if it fuels you up well?
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