u/kayakbeast

Both online and on here, there is a lot of dietary recommendations and tips for people with prediabetes.

But what about the knowledge of how to eat during prolonged activity and having no access to an indoor kitchen. What if you are limited to the your ingredients you can take with you, and primitive prep options.

I am mostly thinking about low intensity activities, such as hiking. These activities tend to limit glucose spikes, but on the other hand most traditional advise is to eat a lot of carbs, and snack a lot during activity.

Who on here both does things like hiking and backpacking, but also cares about good diet? I am looking for those recommendations and tips. Do you eat more carbs than usual? What kind of carbs? Do you snack? How do you spread your macros (protein, fat and carbs) through the day? Like, what to eat for breakfast and prepare for a long day? What to eat when you set up camp, and you recover from today and prepare for the next day? What about lunch, when you are about through the half of the day? Snacks (or not) to keep you going?

I am used to backpacking, and eating during the trips. Nutrient dense and/or easy ingredients to use to make meals. Only the rules are different know. It would be nice knowing what ingredients to put together, to eat balanced and get through the day! How do I spread my carbs - fat - protein, how much and when?

Hi, I've been wondering what factors correlate (in a good or bad way), to the quality of life of dolphins that live in captivity. Some dolphins can't be released back in to the wild, what factors could help to add to their quality of life (without ending it as an option)? And say I, who knows little about dolphins nor their life in captivity, were to visit 10 places keeping dolphins, how would I recognise a good place from a bad one? What should I look out for?

Related to this, I've been wondering about dolphin shows and trainings as well. I learned about lab animals and I worked with some for a while. Their quality of life isn't too great (but there are standards, for those wondering), and they often live in small and unnatural looking spaces. Every factor of their life is decided and controled for, including the 'enrichement' they get (or not). Dolphins in captivity remind me of them in a way, as they too live in too small spaces compared to how they live in the wild, the aquariums they are kept in do look unnatural and do not resemble their natural habitats, and I assume the social groups of dolphins in captivity are not a good reflection of relationships and groups in the wild. On top of that, dolphins are very intelligent. For people, prolonged mental states such as boredom of depression can be felt as torturous. I was wondering if the training and/or shows can be seen as some sort of 'enrichement' for the dolphins in captivity. While in itself not ethical and unnatural for the dolphins, it offers some stimulation in their lives that is already unethical and unnatural in itself. Stimulating, or distracting or giving the dolphin some form of escapism and relief from it's daily life (thinking from a people's perspective). Making the best of a bad situation. I understand this is a very complex question, depending on the other factors relating to the quality of life and the environment the captive dolphin is living in. I am happy dolphin zoos and shows are fading out, but would for some of them taking away the trainings and/or shows (while other life circumstances stay the same) perhaps make their life even worse?

So, while dolphins in zoos and dolphin shows are fading out, for some of the remaining dolphins their fate is sealed to live and die in the zoo. What could add to their quality of life, with their wellbeing in mind as much as possible? And say if you, a person that likes dolphins a lot and probably prefers wild dolphins over captive ones, were tasked with taking care and the wellbeing of those dolphins kept in captivity. What changes would you make to make the life of those dolphins better? Perhaps like some sort of animal sanctuary, or how we people have retirement homes or similar places to add some comfort to the life that remains. Not optimal, but trying the best you can given the situation and with good intentions.

I am sorry if this has been asked on here before, it must have, yet my reddit search of the sub didn't find anything.

Ps. Book suggestions about dolphin 'psychology' is welcome (intelligence, cognitive abilities, social behavior, etc.)!