The Longevity Project 2023: Peak nutrition — Fueling the mountain lifestyle
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The Longevity Project: Peak nutrition — Fueling the mountain lifestyle
Nutrition experts share insights on how to reach peak health based on Summit County’s lifestyle, elevation, propensity for recreation and high cost of living.
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Patios often become places where locals and visitors congregate to enjoy a drink after a long day out on the mountain, and resort towns’ plentiful bars offer fast-casual dining and fat-laden treats to fulfill folks’ hunger after calorie-burning workouts.
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Navigating nutrition: Can lifestyle outweigh nourishment?
Summit County receives high marks for health, but is an active lifestyle enough to outweigh burgers and beer?Patios often become places where locals and visitors congregate to enjoy a drink after a long day out on the mountain, and resort towns’ plentiful bars offer fast-casual dining and fat-laden treats to fulfill folks’ hunger after calorie-burning workouts.
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As he was navigating the rocky spines of the Mosquito and Tenmile mountain ranges in pursuit of the fastest known time for the route, his legs felt like jelly and his mind became clouded.
“With pushing so hard and not eating enough, my stomach just shut off, and I was nauseous for about the next 15 hours,” Fisher said while talking about his efforts to summit 34 peaks in 24 hours. “I was not able to put any food into my body, and I was throwing up anything I was trying to put in.”
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Food as fuel: What it takes to recreate at high elevation
Perched thousands of feet above the town of Breckenridge on Peak 10, Christopher Fisher found himself debilitated after pushing his body for 15 hours without thinking much about nutrition.As he was navigating the rocky spines of the Mosquito and Tenmile mountain ranges in pursuit of the fastest known time for the route, his legs felt like jelly and his mind became clouded.
“With pushing so hard and not eating enough, my stomach just shut off, and I was nauseous for about the next 15 hours,” Fisher said while talking about his efforts to summit 34 peaks in 24 hours. “I was not able to put any food into my body, and I was throwing up anything I was trying to put in.”
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She boarded a plane in Costa Rica to head back home as soon as she heard her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Her dad was a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy before beginning treatment, but he began juicing every day as he transitioned to becoming a raw vegan, a fully plant-based diet consisting of food that isn’t cooked, she said.
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Detoxing fads: Experts help find the truth amid the trends
A call in 2011 changed the course of Lisa Pomerantz’s life.She boarded a plane in Costa Rica to head back home as soon as she heard her father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
Her dad was a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy before beginning treatment, but he began juicing every day as he transitioned to becoming a raw vegan, a fully plant-based diet consisting of food that isn’t cooked, she said.
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healthy eating may prove to be too much of a financial burden for some to bear, especially as inflation keeps the cost of groceries and other necessities stubbornly high.
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Income gap: How the high cost of living complicates nutrition
For working-class residents, attaining a nutrient-rich diet can be a challenge. But experts and advocates say it is possible.healthy eating may prove to be too much of a financial burden for some to bear, especially as inflation keeps the cost of groceries and other necessities stubbornly high.
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Courtesy Kirsten Lara Getchell
Through articles and best-selling books, Taubes, an investigative journalist focused on the intersection of nutrition and public health, has delved deep into the world of dieting. Some of his published works, including “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” “Why We Get Fat” and “The Case Against Sugar,” highlight Taubes’ endorsement of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet — a stance that has been met with mixed reactions.
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Gary Taubes is used to controversy. And he refuses to let it be a deterrent for his career.
Through articles and best-selling books, Taubes, an investigative journalist focused on the intersection of nutrition and public health, has delved deep into the world of dieting. Some of his published works, including “Good Calories, Bad Calories,” “Why We Get Fat” and “The Case Against Sugar,” highlight Taubes’ endorsement of a high-fat, low-carbohydrate diet — a stance that has been met with mixed reactions.
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