[pct-l] Keep up with your protein!!

[random@meinfelder.com (Edmond Meinfelder)]

It's better to eat as balanced a diet as possible at all times.

Though bodybuilding is my year-round hobby, I am not in favor of the "mega" 
protein bars. Most of these bars try to support ketosis-based diets and, in 
stead of sugar, often use Acesulfame (aka Sunette or Sweet One) which is 
more dubious than Aspartame (Nutrasweet), in my opinion. However, even if 
you don't believe in dubious sweeteners or are invulnerable to toxic 
chemicals, most of the protein bars have an ample amounts of saturated 
fats, hydrogenated  and partially hydrogenated fats (trans fatty acids), 
all excellent for promotion of heart disease.

I have, however, seen protein bars at Whole Foods I might eat. These are 
low in saturated fats, void of hydrogenated fats and sweetened with sugar 
or stevia.

Last year, I saw a lot of MetRx protein bars along side the corn pasta at 
Vermilion Valley Resort in the hiker's cache - I didn't see any carb rich 
bars in the cache, though. :)

At 12:21 AM 3/30/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>  Most hikers crave carbs on the trail and in town. Don't forget to pump up
>your protein intake on your long hike!! If your doing the food box resupply
>route, you might  want to  add protein bars to your box.  It's hard to
>replace your protein needs while on the trail  and protein bars taste great.