Motto: "A man is digging his own grave with his teeth."

It is well known (but difficult to recognize) that most people do not know how to eat, how to hydrate the body, how to breathe and walk, etc.
    Ignoring these issues, especially on mountain, has adverse consequences from poor physical and mental state to the ridiculous fact that many go to on 1-2 days trips with 80-liter backpack filled with inutile stuff. Some people don't have the absolutely necessary to face critical situations (not infrequently encountered in the mountains) in turn they have ax, pot, coal, oil, lots of white bread, potatoes, raw nuts, the hard meat, cans, jars, alcohol etc.
    Toxemia in the body occurs as a result of imbalance metabolic. In excess this functions (assimilation and dissimilation) over another break energy balance.
    Required daily ration of calories is somewhere between 3000-4000 units, depending on the season, the human psyche and the effort on the mountain.

    Food-related bodily functions it runs regularly, forming three cycles:
        - cycle 1: food intake (eating and digestion), from noon till night, 12 to 20 hours
        - cycle 2: assimilation (absorption and use of nutrients), over night, 20 to 04 hours
        - cycle 3:disposal (food waste and body waste) from morning until noon, 04 to 12 hours.

    You should keep in mind that 70% of energy consumed in the digestion process is likely nervous. Due to inadequate consumption of foods at crazy hours, many are feeling sleepy, malaise, are deprived of vital energy.
    People who have exceptional performance on mountain keep in mind these things and respect certain rules to create a state of inner harmony, absolutely necessary.
    When you go to the mountains is better not to change diet, not to require, in addition to the body adapt.
    We should consume only food we like, with energy intake and calorie, easily digestible, to create a positive tone.
    Usually before exercise is recommended to eat carbohydrates, and after exercise protein and lipids.
    Good to consume more hydrocarbons and garlic (anticancer and antibiotic).

    I met climbers with external record who ate two meals a day, arranged as follows:
        - first meal at 12 o'clock, composed of a mixture of Muesli cereal, whole rice, walnuts, raisins, hazelnuts, candied fruits, pollen, honey, all in support of yogurt, milk, tea or juice. This mixture is consumed in very small quantities. Here matters the food quality, not quantity. If we leave very early , before we can consume a breakfast meal consisting of a banana, a chocolate grain and an energy drink (maybe a juice). A good meal before leaving for a trip is a common mistake and actually more harmful than not eating anything.
        Should mention here the example of Christophe Profit, which in the early '80s has made an extraordinary performance, just a few tablespoons of mixture Musli and above. Who has escalated in less than 24 hours the three walls, with the largest difference of the Alps: Eiger, Grandes Materhorn and Jorasses.
        - dinner about 18 o'clock, but no later than 20 hours. At dinner you can eat soup, smoked cheese, soy, raw carrots, rye bread or cereal, very low meat (preferably fish), seaweed tablets, fruit, citrus.

    It's good to chew more and better the food, because the first digestion is in your mouth and in this way does not solicit additional the stomach.
    Hydration is another important issue, both in daily life, and especially the mountain.
    The daily water (no other liquid) is three liters per day and at high altitudes five liters per day.
    Should not drink all kinds of synthetic juice or alcohol, they do not give us a feeling of fullness that gives us the water, not contain minerals and consume our energy, especially in winter.
    Proper nutrition is a subject so vast that it can not be easily exhausted, I tried here to give a few basic elements ...