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I like your replyNo need to.
Especially on the Frances there are enough choices for eating and buying food.
The Frances is not a wilderness trek.
With or without onions? A seemingly contentious issue!!On the Camino I usually have a slice of tortilla de patatas, which is made from eggs (protein), potatoes and onions (carbs) for breakfast.
I prefer con cebolla. That's how I make it at home.With or without onions? A seemingly contentious issue!!
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...-no-onionists-spanish-omelette-recipe-rivalry
You were probably slightly dehydrated, not lacking in protein. If the weather is warm and you do not drink enough, it sneaks up on you without you realising what is wrong. Having once experienced it when it was obviously dehydration (really hot day), I now recognise the symptoms, and always carry salt+sugar or a rehydration sachet.Whilst there is plenty to eat on The Way it is not always the right fayre.
On our second foray (in April) we had "shivers" etc at the end of the day, even when it was warm during the day. The protein bars did eradicate this on the third foray (again in April). I'm 53 - maybe it's something with us being more senior, but I thought they helped keep us in balance. My only issue was they seemed to encourage flatulence in my walking partner; and as he is was usually upwind I got an extra flavour
Was 64 on my first camino 5 years ago. Never had any need for protein bars but I did bring a few, along with nuts raisins and a couple of sugar free energy gels, to get me over the Pyrenees. They were good for a tasty snack with a drink of water but actually quite unnecessary. The only food I liked to carry were small tins of tuna but only because I particularly like tuna. Everything you need will be in the supermarkets and restaurantsI'm a 64 year old who will soon be walking the Camino,(10 days). I was thinking it might be a good idea to eat a protein bar each day,is that a good idea? Also when's the best time of day to eat one?
You are not going to suffer from a protein deficiency during 10 days of camino walking. You don't even have to eat tortillas every day. Protein is in many foods, starting with your freshly pressed orange juice (yes), your croissant (yes) and your caffe con leche (obviously), then your ham and cheese bocadillo, and ending with your pilgrim's meal with spaghetti bolognaise or chicken, pork or fish with chips/fries.I'm a 64 year old who will soon be walking the Camino, (10 days)
You're spot on about the issue of not being well hydrated. When walking in hot weather I routinely add rehydration sachet to my water - picked this tip up from the forum before my first stage. I'm a bit of a tyrant with myself on keeping myself well hydrated with walking. Still felt the bars did a job for us.You were probably slightly dehydrated, not lacking in protein. If the weather is warm and you do not drink enough, it sneaks up on you without you realising what is wrong. Having once experienced it when it was obviously dehydration (really hot day), I now recognise the symptoms, and always carry salt+sugar or a rehydration sachet.
@robproctOne stretch of the Portuguese has 16km km without even water so on the Francis it’s easy you can just relax and not stress about what , when and if you can eat.
I love Clif Bars and the ones made by Pure Protein as well. Have been eating them for years and when I used to do a lot of 10k's and such I would carry one in the pocket of my running shorts. Really knock's off the edge when the old stomach starts growling. Also good to eat post workout with weights. Best to drink at least 1/2 a litre of water with them.the question is not yes or no, but why? There are so many better sources of protein than an overpackaged lump of glucose-covered cardboard. (And for some reason, consumers of Protein and Clif Bars and other pricey, processed Science Food are terrible litter bugs. Why are people so concerned with their bodily well-being so often totally careless of their surroundings?)
Because for instance I'm a slow walker and more often than not, I found it quite difficult to get healthy, high protein laden food on my way. Either because my timing was wrong, the tiendas or restaurants were closed or fish and meat were served fried, combined with high carb side dishes.the question is not yes or no, but why?
Instead of taking hyper-processed plastic-wrapped pseudo-food, why not just take nuts? They are so easily available and much better for you and for the environment.sooner or later you may find yourself at the end of the day hitting "The Wall". Having a Cliff bar or protein bar may be just what you need to get you to the next town.
With all the pork and other meat products available in Spain I'm a little puzzled about people having trouble finding sources of protein on the Camino, unless they are vegetarian, in which case nuts, cheese, tortilla are readily available.The Spanish Protein Bar has existed for at least a Thousand years and has been relied on by the hard-working peasantry and long-suffering pilgrims through-out that time. If any modern pilgrim wants to try one they just need to pop-in to the first Carnicería they find and ask for a Chorizo / Morcilla / Fuet ...
I pick up trash on the Camino daily. I see plenty of what you list, as well as enough wrappers of these uber-processed foodlike products to become remarkable.....So to associate consumers of protein bars with litter and a disregard for nature is a bit unfounded.
Horrible! I carry any debris I make while eating... out with me. I never litter! Same as at home!I pick up trash on the Camino daily. I see plenty of what you list, as well as enough wrappers of these uber-processed foodlike products to become remarkable.
Best of all is the meusli bar six pack. You can follow the athlete's healthy breakfast right along about 2 km. of trail: wrappers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and finally, the box they came in.
Not all eaters of compressed bar-shaped fud are litterbugs, but wow, some of them are champions.
Geeze. I wonder if these come from cyclists on a training ride? Imitating the Tour de France guys who throw whatever to the side of the road for their sag crew to pick up.Best of all is the meusli bar six pack. You can follow the athlete's healthy breakfast right along about 2 km. of trail: wrappers 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6, and finally, the box they came in.
Thank you @trecile - you're spot on. And that even applies to vegetarians. I am, and have only rarely craved protein on the camino - and only when for one reason or another there wasn't enough to eat, full-stop - and that can never happen on the Camino Frances. I think there's a lot of brainwashing about how much protein one needs, with all the attendant anxiety. People have made it this far without Cliff Bars and the like. Notice the anxiety, take nuts if you need to, and never mind the false food.unless they are vegetarian
If someone has "hit the wall" and is having trouble continuing, they are more likely to need carbohydrates for quick energy than protein.Thank you @trecile - you're spot on. And that even applies to vegetarians. I am, and have only rarely craved protein on the camino - and only when for one reason or another there wasn't enough to eat, full-stop - and that can never happen on the Camino Frances. I think there's a lot of brainwashing about how much protein one needs, with all the attendant anxiety. People have made it this far without Cliff Bars and the like. Notice the anxiety, take nuts if you need to, and never mind the false food.
Back in the olden days, when backpacking and mountaineering I would have these along for the ride to nibble on:
Amazon.com : Romney's of Kendal - KENDAL MINT CAKE White bar (LARGE) 170g/5.98oz : Candy Mints : Grocery & Gourmet Food
Amazon.com : Romney's of Kendal - KENDAL MINT CAKE White bar (LARGE) 170g/5.98oz : Candy Mints : Grocery & Gourmet Foodwww.amazon.com
Kendal's is still available, but the bacon bar died out sometime in the late '70s (RIP Bacon Bar, you are sorely missed)
Ugh, Kendal mint cake is so sickly sweet!
Protein bars are overkill for most people on the camino especially if you bring enough bars for the whole walk - I can get by walking a long day on just liquid and chocolate but a banana would be a perfectly good alternative to protein bars
Instead of taking hyper-processed plastic-wrapped pseudo-food, why not just take nuts? They are so easily available and much better for you and for the environment.
They resorted to cannibalism.How in the world did anyone manage to walk the Camino before protein bars were invented?!
That's another thread and a loooong story, David.What is it about moderns who blithely accept the big profit marketing advertising?
OMG. Hahaha, Dave. You would laugh at the look on my face right now....Yes it is too sweet, but that's why you mix it with the bacon bar
I think there's a lot of brainwashing about how much protein one needs, with all the attendant anxiety.
No, you still haven’t got it, I fear. It‘s that the Camino doesn’t give you what you want but what you need. So it doesn’t give you protein bars, it gives you nuts and bananas.Right about now is when someone on this forum goes into a metaphor filled spiel about choices on the Camino, and how what you want to eat is all just part of YOUR Camino, lol. I always prepare for a group hug about then, or maybe share someone's coucous.
Think of a granola bar versus a bag of nuts as a fork in the path of the Camino. One is the natural way through the forest, the other is less natural, along a busy highway, lol.
No, you still haven’t got it, I fear. It‘s that the Camino doesn’t give you what you want but what you need. So it doesn’t give you protein bars, it gives you nuts and bananas.
Similar experience in the O'Cebreiro municipal. Too much snow to go outside. Literally stuck in the albergue till the morning. My dinner consisted of half a stick of Palacios brand chorizo and a Clif bar I had stashed away. Was a gourmet meal to me that night. As they say, hunger is the best sauce.Unexpected emergencies do occur when you least expect them.
I was on the Portuguese Camino on Sunday 14 October 2018.
There had been the most terrible storm the night before. Trees had fallen across power lines and the whole area had no electricity for two days.
I was all alone at the Cernache albergue and NOTHING was open that day, no shop, no bar, no café (the coffee machines weren’t working), nothing.
There was tea and coffee in the albergue, but no electricity to heat up the water, and no food.
Psyching myself for a long, lonely, hungry, book-starved evening (my smartphone had very little charge left in it), I suddenly thought about that granola bar that I couldn’t remember ever eating.
I finally found it at the bottom of my pack, and that’s what I had for supper that night.
I fly out to Spain every time with 12 Clif Builder's Protein bars (chocolate peanut butter) in my pack. Two or three are consumed enroute, lol and the rest get whittled down gradually.So, in all the years you lived in Spain you never encountered garbanzos, lentillas or faba? OK, I know that the Spanish have a deserved reputation for regarding ham as a condiment and seafood as an exotic vegetable but a vegetarian/ vegan diet is achievable. And vegan protein bars (?), nuts bound with coconut fat or palm fat. Why not just eat the nuts?
If those bars weigh “hardly anything” they contain hardly anything either - oat flakes, sugars, fat and traces of nut. How many are you planning on carrying?
We found that the garbanzos, lentillas or faba, like many other dishes, were usually prepared with ham or other meat. A vegetarian diet is achievable, but not easily and not varied enough to be healthful.So, in all the years you lived in Spain you never encountered garbanzos, lentillas or faba? OK, I know that the Spanish have a deserved reputation for regarding ham as a condiment and seafood as an exotic vegetable but a vegetarian/ vegan diet is achievable.
When I lived in Spain (some thirty years ago) I encountered garbanzos, lentillas and fabas aplenty. They were cooked in meat broth. That's traditional Spanish cuisine for you. I'm not saying vegetarian and vegan food isn't available on the Camino (especially the Camino Frances). Things have changed a bit in the last thirty years. But I bet if you are going to a restaurant that isn't explicitly vegetarian and order the garbanzos, lentillas and fabas, they will still be cooked in meat broth and the restaurant staff will still think they are vegetarian. I can empathize with a vegetarian being worried about what they are receiving in Spain.So, in all the years you lived in Spain you never encountered garbanzos, lentillas or faba? OK, I know that the Spanish have a deserved reputation for regarding ham as a condiment and seafood as an exotic vegetable but a vegetarian/ vegan diet is achievable. And vegan protein bars (?), nuts bound with coconut fat or palm fat. Why not just eat the nuts?
If those bars weigh “hardly anything” they contain hardly anything either - oat flakes, sugars, fat and traces of nut. How many are you planning on carrying?
Reminds me of an actual newspaper story of about 15 years ago, where it was announced that it had been proven that man could live on Mars. It seems some type in England had fed himself exclusively on the eponymous chocolate bars for quite a few years. Twenty-five per day(!) Minute traces of nuts provided the requisite protein, and naturally there was no lack of carbohydrate, fats and oils.I fly out to Spain every time with 12 Clif Builder's Protein bars (chocolate peanut butter) in my pack. Two or three are consumed enroute, lol and the rest get whittled down gradually.
I do not mind the extra weight as it is a consumable and my pack actually gets lighter everyday.
Exclusively eating any kind of processed food , including the various protein bars, wouldn't be healthy. To me they are just a good thing to have in the pack for the occasions I don't have an opportunity to eat something else. Those mornings when no cafes are open yet, or the times there's a long ago between villages and I need something in my stomach. I'm not one for schlepping about with containers of gruel or soup sloshing about in my pack.Reminds me of an actual newspaper story of about 15 years ago, where it was announced that it had been proven that man could live on Mars. It seems some type in England had fed himself exclusively on the eponymous chocolate bars for quite a few years. Twenty-five per day(!) Minute traces of nuts provided the requisite protein, and naturally there was no lack of carbohydrate, fats and oils.
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