getting bananas about water

[Dan Romanchik]

As I understand it, the reason for eating bananas is that they are rich in
both carbohydrates and potassium. The carbs are the fuel you need to keep
going, and the potassium helps prevent cramping. The body also digests them
quickly.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "pieter pannevis" <p.pannevisaCHELLO.NL>
To: <GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu>
Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 9:36 PM
Subject: getting bananas about water


Dear pilgrim friends,
Medically speaking; you can go without food for days...without water you
have a problem ! Every one has his/hers own "intake- schedule". ( one drinks
more the other less), but if you are surrounded by non-air-conditioned
fields you're glad to take some water along...( sorry for it but the
urine-test is a perfect one). Our body seems to be 80% water so be careful
with it.
A banana is a product rich in ...(.....hydrates ??) and sporters and
especially cyclists use it, It's easy digestible - no effort to the system
even if it's under strain - so it keeps you going.
Yes my English is sometimes no good I know. Sometimes I write it just in a
hurry and there are those idiom things which catch me..it's fair and I can
share a laugh with it.
So I liked it when I was corrected on some points. And please do.!
Pieter from Holland
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Rosina Lila
  To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
  Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2001 3:00 AM
  Subject: Re: Water Water everywhere


  HI Imelda,
  I'm sixty years old, all too careless about body and health, and a
confirmed
  non-exerciser.  Nevertheless, I managed to walk the entire Camino last
summer
  without problems, blisters, or any other ills, by following the advice of
  local pharmacists (who, in Spain,  are quasi medical doctors);  they
  repeatedly told me to eat at least one banana a day, WITHOUT FAIL  (I
forget
  the medical reason), and over and over cautioned me not to drink water
unless
  thirsty.
  I had taken one of those fanny-pack water carriers, (with a hose), but I
  discarded it after two days or so; it was unnecessary;  now and then I
took
  along a small bottle of water, but very rarely did I need to drink it all.
  I am not a water drinker to begin with, (get my liquids through soup,
coffee,
  etc) so that may have something to do with it.  But I did hear from other
  pilgrims who remarked that they had been carrying, or drinking, water
  ill-advisedly and unnecessarily.
  Water is all too readily available in the Camino if one needs it anyway.
  Perhaps there is some psychological component to the need for it.   I
surely
  do not understand why so many people walking about in the middle of New
York
  City (for crying outloud!)  burden themselves, as they do, carrying water
  containers and the like when you can get it anywhere for the asking.

  Regards,

  Rosina