I recommend stocking the kitchen with simple, nutritious foods that can be combined to
make low glycemic meals and snacks, without much cooking.
Instead, we're going to try a higher protein and
lower glycemic meal of eggs, potatoes, bell peppers, and a small serving of oats (and, let's be real, a slice or two of bacon) so that I'm not feeling low on energy just a couple miles into our hike.
Normally, my fasting blood sugar is around 80 - 85 and after eating a low carb, high protein,
low glycemic meal, my blood sugar will go to 120 at the highest.
The group that ate
the low glycemic meal burned mostly fat.
A 2006 study published in the International Journal of Sport Nutrition and Exercise Metabolism found consuming
a low glycemic meal, like oatmeal, three hours prior to a run gives you better endurance than a high glycemic meal.