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Hiking all day in summer heat, what should you eat along with drinking your water?

Salty snacks, like pretzels or crackers, to balance all that water.

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  1. Nothing, food slows you down in the heat
  2. Salty snacks like pretzels or crackers ✔
  3. Only candy, for quick sugar

Why: Sweating takes salt out of your body, not just water. Grand Canyon rangers tell hikers to eat salty foods to balance the water they drink and to stop and eat often.

Huh, didn't know that: Grand Canyon National Park tells summer hikers to eat about twice as much as they normally would.

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Answer: Salty snacks like pretzels or crackers. Sweating takes salt out of your body, not just water. Grand Canyon rangers tell hikers to eat salty foods to balance the water they drink and to stop and eat often.

  1. Hike Smart, Grand Canyon National Park (NPS) www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/hike-smart.htm
    Salty foods such as pretzels, crackers, and chips, are preferred in order to balance water intake during the hot summer season.
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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