I always kind of think about how bad the competitors must smell, Dub said in a Q&A that when he did the laundry his clothes were so dirty as to turn the water pitch black

So what would the competitors smell like with all their gear and stuff. They spend time in a campfire nearly constantly getting covered in smoke, with clothes they don’t really wash, with bodies they rarely wash, And constantly exerting themselves.

If I was the family visiting a winning competitor I lowkey don’t know if I could even be within 5 feet of them😂 Let alone hug them

It was worn around the waist. Does anyone know the make and model?

Sure the format is incredibly different from the regular Alone seasons but I liked the fast pace and I learned a lot about crafting and survival with no tools or other gear. I also appreciate not having all the emotional backstory - I mean there are only so many pregnant wives, dying parents and other stuff I can get interested in after a while.

Lindsay in the first installment was phenomenal! I also really liked the trio from episode 2 and the two set in the Louisiana swamps for a change of pace.

I've seen a few posts discussing the long term physical and mental affects in general, but nothing specifically about the metabolic effects.

It's well known that contestants from "The Biggest Loser" typically regained all their weight after the show ended. But the cause wasn't lifestyle, it was their metabolism:

Over the following six years, the combined effects of these hormonal changes conspired to make the contestants regain much, if not all, of the weight they'd lost. But the truly shocking part was that their leptin and metabolism levels never rebounded to what they had been before the show. In fact, the more weight a contestant lost, the worse his or her slow metabolism became. This explains why weight regain was inevitable, even though they were eating less food than ever. 

Alone contestants come into the show a LOT healthier than Biggest Loser contestants, but for many of them the weight loss would be as extreme, possibly worse since they're pushing their bodies into actual starvation (not to mention the pre-show bulking up).

I was wondered if any of the Alone contestants had talked about experiencing permanent changes to their metabolism after the show ended.