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Date:         Thu, 4 Jun 1998 22:29:45 -0600
Reply-To:     Fred Porter <fporter@EYRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Fred Porter <fporter@EYRING.COM>
Organization: EYRING, Corp.
Subject:      MREs are BAD!  Re: What food to take in a Westie
Comments: To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
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Acutally, MREs contain a full DAYS worth of calories for a grunt on the go. And to get the caloric density req'd to put so much in such a little package, a high percentage of the calories come from fat. Not just plain old fat, but partially or fully hydrogenated fat which is worse than full on saturated fat. If you're interested search the web on the keywords trans AND fat--lots of scary information comes up. They're man made and bad for you and they are in lots of things we all eat.

Since it's friday, i'll soapbox a bit more..,... hydrogenated fats are used in lots of snack foods and 'health' foods. Since they are made from soybean or other unsaturated oils, they are not listed in the gram count as saturated fats, but are worse yet. Food makers use them because they are solid at room temperature, but cheaper than the real deal--butter (yum!). So your granny smith cookies or your morning bran muffin don't have such a greasy feelling to them. One of the down sides of hydrogenated fats is they are even harder for the body to use as an energy source and get stored away around the mid section. or raise the bad colesterol levels, etc, etc.

lager later? fred

Sam Scholten wrote: > > Ken, > > This might sound wierd, but stop by a nearby grocery where you're > going and pick up some fresh fruit. Trust me, as someone who's > travelled, most travel food makes you feel awful (too much BHT and > crap) so if you have easy access to a grocery, pick up some citrus > fruits or apples. Downside: eat them soon afterwards, to prevent fruit > flies from visiting you. > > Doing this WILL make the difference between feeling good on the trip > and not. > > I also like Chris' idea about the MREs. They're about $5 a pop at an > army/navy surplus store- and worth it. MREs are full meals, so > nutrition is no worry. It's generally a good idea to have at least one > for each person for the trip, if you can hang with the cost. Get the > spaghetti. > > Sam > == > "Punk's not dead (it just sucks right now)" > > | "I'm not Punk, I'm New-Wave!" > > ...quit whining... > http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Backstage/6507 > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com


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