- Time of past OR future Camino
- Past
I have met several references (both in posts and also in various camino blogs) about the necessity of adding electrolytes to your intake on the camino – either on an occasional or regular basis.
A great number of persons seems to find this to be an important issue, so I finally googled and found that it seems to be something (some basic salts?) you will need to add to your food intake to keep your body functioning – in the form of some sports beverages?
I am still full of question marks – which beverages would these be? At which times? Any Spanish brands, we should seek out?
At the time, I always found that a café con leche was the perfect 'pick-me-up' solution to get me onwards, accompanied by dried fruit and salted nuts along the way (and regular meals).
But I also now wonder whether it would have been lack of additional electrolytes which made me feel so lethargic and low down about a week into the walk – I had no pains but to my surprise, I could hardly drag my feet to the close-by shop to get some provisions nor walk back. Maybe it was only my body telling to slow down for a bit.
It would be good if somebody might provide information and advise about this (electrolytes) – from a general but especially a camino point of view.
Kindest Annelise (Denmark)
A great number of persons seems to find this to be an important issue, so I finally googled and found that it seems to be something (some basic salts?) you will need to add to your food intake to keep your body functioning – in the form of some sports beverages?
I am still full of question marks – which beverages would these be? At which times? Any Spanish brands, we should seek out?
At the time, I always found that a café con leche was the perfect 'pick-me-up' solution to get me onwards, accompanied by dried fruit and salted nuts along the way (and regular meals).
But I also now wonder whether it would have been lack of additional electrolytes which made me feel so lethargic and low down about a week into the walk – I had no pains but to my surprise, I could hardly drag my feet to the close-by shop to get some provisions nor walk back. Maybe it was only my body telling to slow down for a bit.
It would be good if somebody might provide information and advise about this (electrolytes) – from a general but especially a camino point of view.
Kindest Annelise (Denmark)