Snacks and Hydration Advice for Hiking at High Altitudes
By Kathleen Lisson
In the article ‘Kilimanjaro Nutrition: STRATEGIES FOR HIKING,’ Mia Ballenden, an Accredited Practicing Dietician and Nutritionist who specializes in sports dietetics, shares information on hypoxia. I did not know that starting on the second day of my Kilimanjaro hike, the lower levels of oxygen in my body will alter my fat vs. carbohydrate usage as well as the fluid balance in my body. Ballenden suggests bringing:
- “Energy dense snacks for your day pack such as dried fruit, nuts and chocolate,
- Spices to make foods more palatable”
Ballenden recommends “finding a
system that reminds you to drink all day like a camelback, a flask with warm
water or flavoured water.”
I am going to start sampling
different types of sports drink powders to add to my Nalgene bottle on my
weekend hikes.
Read ‘Kilimanjaro Nutrition:
STRATEGIES FOR HIKING,’ here:
http://www.fitnessmagnew.
http://www.fitnessmagnew.
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