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On
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Stroud, together with
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researching the nutritional needs of soldiers in action and the effects of heat and cold on human performance. In 1998 he became a Senior
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water and collecting regular blood and urine samples, Stroud discovered that their energy expenditure averaged nearly 7,000 calories per day, with one ten day period that averaged over 11,000 calories per day.
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and in 2017 he was given a personal
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minutes during which he never left the kayak. It is believed that this is the first time this has been done before in this direction as paddling South is notoriously difficult.
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current sedentary lifestyle conflicts with our body's design and is leading to the health issues that an increasing proportion of the
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in 1984 and a Fellow in 1995. He has studied human endurance under extreme conditions based on personal experience including running marathons in the
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unsupported. In 1992/3 Stroud and
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