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You could try taking some of these - https://www.optibacprobiotics.com/uk/product/for-every-day-30-capsulesSeveral recent threads touch (lightly) on the painful results of pilgrims on Camino suffering from either food poisoning or possibly stomach flu. In these threads, the writer describes the symptoms and, if professionally treated, the clinical finding.
But, let’s be candid, “When you are vomiting every hour or going through a bad round of diarrhea, you may not care that much whether you have a stomach virus or food poisoning.” See https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/07/20/is-it-a-stomach-virus-or-food-poisoning/
Nearly two years ago, I drastically changed my eating habits. Gone are my life-long love affair with pasta, rice, cereals of all sorts, especially steel-cut oats. And, I began receiving letters from my local package store inquiring if I were OK. Unfortunately, they missed my weekly visits stocking up on rum, fine single-malt whisky, and wine. The rum has made a hasty retreat, the single-malt relegated to Sunday evening and holidays, but the wine remains a nightly staple with supper.
On my previous Caminos, I plodded along, eating just about everything I could get my hands on. All in the name of cultural saturation. Many of the foods I no longer eat were right in line with my standard daily menu at home, so, except for losing about twenty pounds (9kg)on my first SJPDP to SDC and a few pounds/kgs on other Caminos, I had no noticeable discomfort.
My upcoming (August 26th) Camino Frances, starting at SJPDP, will be an actual testbed as to whether my current eating regime will result, given I do not contract either food poisoning or stomach flu, in noticeable distress as my body absorbs the possibly non-essential nutrients resident in a traditional “menu del dia.”
Let’s see how it all comes out, shall we!
SO..precisely, what are you eating these days ? I read what you are not eating…Several recent threads touch (lightly) on the painful results of pilgrims on Camino suffering from either food poisoning or possibly stomach flu. In these threads, the writer describes the symptoms and, if professionally treated, the clinical finding.
But, let’s be candid, “When you are vomiting every hour or going through a bad round of diarrhea, you may not care that much whether you have a stomach virus or food poisoning.” See https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/07/20/is-it-a-stomach-virus-or-food-poisoning/
Nearly two years ago, I drastically changed my eating habits. Gone are my life-long love affair with pasta, rice, cereals of all sorts, especially steel-cut oats. And, I began receiving letters from my local package store inquiring if I were OK. Unfortunately, they missed my weekly visits stocking up on rum, fine single-malt whisky, and wine. The rum has made a hasty retreat, the single-malt relegated to Sunday evening and holidays, but the wine remains a nightly staple with supper.
On my previous Caminos, I plodded along, eating just about everything I could get my hands on. All in the name of cultural saturation. Many of the foods I no longer eat were right in line with my standard daily menu at home, so, except for losing about twenty pounds (9kg)on my first SJPDP to SDC and a few pounds/kgs on other Caminos, I had no noticeable discomfort.
My upcoming (August 26th) Camino Frances, starting at SJPDP, will be an actual testbed as to whether my current eating regime will result, given I do not contract either food poisoning or stomach flu, in noticeable distress as my body absorbs the possibly non-essential nutrients resident in a traditional “menu del dia.”
Let’s see how it all comes out, shall we!
Meat, Brussels Sprouts, Riced Cauliflower, avocado, asparagus, Broccoli, shrimp, lobster, pistachio/almond nuts, hard cheese, liver, pork rinds ( instead of chips) mostly anything low carbohydrate-high fat. My Dr sez my blood panels are that of someone in their mid-sixties. No more pain or HBP meds. So far so good.SO..precisely, what are you eating these days ? I read what you are not eating…
Thanks for sharing as this weighs on my mind. I have anti diarrheal OTC pills packed but now I’m reconsidering leaving them at home. Much of the food listed in the article that could cause food poisoning are some of my favs - bummer.Several recent threads touch (lightly) on the painful results of pilgrims on Camino suffering from either food poisoning or possibly stomach flu. In these threads, the writer describes the symptoms and, if professionally treated, the clinical finding.
But, let’s be candid, “When you are vomiting every hour or going through a bad round of diarrhea, you may not care that much whether you have a stomach virus or food poisoning.” See https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/07/20/is-it-a-stomach-virus-or-food-poisoning/
Nearly two years ago, I drastically changed my eating habits. Gone are my life-long love affair with pasta, rice, cereals of all sorts, especially steel-cut oats. And, I began receiving letters from my local package store inquiring if I were OK. Unfortunately, they missed my weekly visits stocking up on rum, fine single-malt whisky, and wine. The rum has made a hasty retreat, the single-malt relegated to Sunday evening and holidays, but the wine remains a nightly staple with supper.
On my previous Caminos, I plodded along, eating just about everything I could get my hands on. All in the name of cultural saturation. Many of the foods I no longer eat were right in line with my standard daily menu at home, so, except for losing about twenty pounds (9kg)on my first SJPDP to SDC and a few pounds/kgs on other Caminos, I had no noticeable discomfort.
My upcoming (August 26th) Camino Frances, starting at SJPDP, will be an actual testbed as to whether my current eating regime will result, given I do not contract either food poisoning or stomach flu, in noticeable distress as my body absorbs the possibly non-essential nutrients resident in a traditional “menu del dia.”
Let’s see how it all comes out, shall we!
Agree. I order carefully from the menu and frequently not from the menu for Peregrino and s9met8mes not the menu dl dia. We don’t consume much alcohol, especially when we need to continue walking sothefixed meal may not be as attractive to us as others. I tryto stick to simple cooked foods - lots of ckicken cutlets, roasted chicken. Ocassionallya good state in a particular location. always a good pizza and wonderful Fresh saladin PonferadaI suspect that if you spent a month in your home town, sleeping in different rooms every night, eating 100% of your meals in restaurants, eating from food trucks, or grabbing snacks while on the go, often without handwashing, you would have the same chance of getting sick as you do on the Camino in Spain.
Tap water in Spain is as safe as it is anywhere, and I drink it with confidence.
I have done 7 Caminos and never had any problems with the water from fountains or springs. However, after returning from my May 2019 Camino, a sever case of food poisoning developed. Test indicated it was from bacteria often found in European shell fish. I am quite sure it was from undercooked scallops I ate in that fancy tapas bar near the Cathedral in Santiago the day before my return--I thought they knew what they were doing, so I ate the things even though the insides were clearly raw. The first antibiotic didn't kill it, the second did, but I had symptoms for 3 weeks!Several recent threads touch (lightly) on the painful results of pilgrims on Camino suffering from either food poisoning or possibly stomach flu. In these threads, the writer describes the symptoms and, if professionally treated, the clinical finding.
But, let’s be candid, “When you are vomiting every hour or going through a bad round of diarrhea, you may not care that much whether you have a stomach virus or food poisoning.” See https://reliantmedicalgroup.org/blog/2018/07/20/is-it-a-stomach-virus-or-food-poisoning/
Nearly two years ago, I drastically changed my eating habits. Gone are my life-long love affair with pasta, rice, cereals of all sorts, especially steel-cut oats. And, I began receiving letters from my local package store inquiring if I were OK. Unfortunately, they missed my weekly visits stocking up on rum, fine single-malt whisky, and wine. The rum has made a hasty retreat, the single-malt relegated to Sunday evening and holidays, but the wine remains a nightly staple with supper.
On my previous Caminos, I plodded along, eating just about everything I could get my hands on. All in the name of cultural saturation. Many of the foods I no longer eat were right in line with my standard daily menu at home, so, except for losing about twenty pounds (9kg)on my first SJPDP to SDC and a few pounds/kgs on other Caminos, I had no noticeable discomfort.
My upcoming (August 26th) Camino Frances, starting at SJPDP, will be an actual testbed as to whether my current eating regime will result, given I do not contract either food poisoning or stomach flu, in noticeable distress as my body absorbs the possibly non-essential nutrients resident in a traditional “menu del dia.”
Let’s see how it all comes out, shall we!
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