Food / Hydration

After a long hiatus from trail mix, I am back into the nutty/fruity energy-food concoctions. Specifically, Bear Naked Inc. of La Jolla, Calif., makes a…

BPA is dead. After years of dragging its feet, Nalgene Nunc International has dropped the controversial chemical from its entire line of water bottles. Oh,…

For winter camping, summer canoe trips, car camping, or leisurely backpacking trips, quality dehydrated food can add hugely to the experience. For this review, I…

Brewing up a good cup of coffee in the outdoors often requires a French press or a portable — but always bulky — camp-stove-compatible espresso…

In outdoor sports like trail running, mountain biking, adventure racing, and climbing, getting the right mix — and the right amount — of carbs, fats,…

There really is nothing like a brown-rice-syrup-acai-berry-shelled-hemp- seed-peanut-butter-rolled-rye-flax-seed- cashew-almond-evaporated-cane-liquified- alfalfa-wheat-grass-juice-rice-flour energy bar. Nothing. Nothing but the Probar Superfood Slam bar, that is. . .

In the realm of oddball outdoors food, Command Foods’ line of lunchtime oatmeals — including Broccoli Cheese, Tangy Lemon Chick’n, and Vegetable — takes some…

Matisse & Jacks is a small San Francisco company that makes boxed mixes for bake-at-home energy bars, competing against the likes of Clif and PowerBar…

Pop a pill in water, let it dissolve for a few seconds, and drink. nuun (all lowercase by request of the company!) contains an elemental…

The Gel-Bot is one of my favorite new products. It’s essentially a water bottle with an integrated gel-dispensing flask. A multi-position valve lets you suck…

Translucent polycarbonate water bottles made by companies like Nalgene and GSI Outdoors used to be the only thing going for hydration in the outdoors. Now…

Two of the world’s original energy drinks have been accompanying me on the adventure circuit as of late. Indeed, the proverbial quick picker-uppers of coffee…

Pop a pill in your water bottle, let it dissolve for a few seconds, and drink. That’s the simple concept behind nuun tablets, a unique…

Energy gel and water are the preferred fuels for untold millions of aerobic athletes. Gel provides quick calories. Water hydrates. The two work well together.…

This week I’m taking the opposite tack on the selfsame subject, relaying pure information and straight objectivity on the five types of energy bars I…

My current obsession with adventure racing has me eating a lot of energy bars. Out in the woods, running and biking and bushwhacking for hours…

Art Eggertsen worked as a congressional lobbyist representing nutrition-education interests before switching to a career in energy foods. As founder of ProBar LLC, a small…

The ubiquitous polycarbonate water bottle is the canteen of the 21rst century. But these colorful plastic vessels, made by companies like Nalgene and GSI Outdoors,…