Thanks for all the great information you shared over the past several months. It helped my husband and I plan for our Camino. We are currently on the Camino Francés and enjoying it. Greetings from Puente La Reina!
been following you a bit as got friends currently doing the camino and we have plans for it in 26, but as you said you come to Asia, why don't you have a look at the Te Araroa walk in New Zealand. it might be of interest. cheers stu
Interesting about the Iodine.I don't eat much veg, but eat plenty of eggs cheese, some fishl milk, all have loads of Iodine. I am 66 and about 9 years ago i had a blood test which indicated border line under active thyroid, doctor said nought I could do to stop it it's progress. I am quiet healthy, have not been back to the doctors since. have put on a bit of weight, but i put that down to lack of exercise, but I sometime feel so drained of energy . that I don't want to move. have started walking regular, up to 6k 3 times a week. I find I can walk the sluggishness off. Like you I have this feeling in my knees which is like a tightness. Have thought about Iodine supplements, but it does not seen to make sense, when I am getting plenty in my diet. I am 6ft tall and 238pounds although this weight is coming down. I hope I will continue to feel better as I increase my walking. I have been seriously thinking about doing the Camino Francais for some time, ever since watching The Way Movie, but just dismissed it has a dream. but the call of the Camino would not go away, and after watching your videos in particular. I have decided God willing next year, June start, finishing sometime around July 17th on my 66th birthday. I have told my wife and my work that I will be going for about 5 weeks, and no one is going to deter me from going. I have found your videos very useful, and enjoy them. Thank you so much Greg. I will stay tuned over the coming months. God bless. John
My feeling on supplements is, maybe shooting for the minimum daily requirement is not what we should be looking for. Clearly the medical profession does not have the first clue what is going on most of the time. The last few years proves that. Regardless of which side of the argument you fall on, seeing disagreement among professionals like It's not actual science, but simply opinion, means that they don't have the answers either. I've traveled the world enough and seen that pretty much everywhere else in the world there are no fat people, or at least it's a substantial decrease from what we see in the US. For having what's considered the best medical industry in the world, we sure are sick and overweight. Europeans in general are healthier and they live on bread, cheese, butter and fat and they don't particularly worry about their sugar intake either. They just don't obsess over it like we do. And in Asia I really couldn't find an overweight person. So I think there's probably something in the US food supply that's basically poisoning us, in addition to having too much available or at least it's not giving us nutritional foods. Our processing of food is designed to make it last longer and to be as profitable as possible for the manufacturer. Even raw ingredients like flour is overly processed in the US. I've noticed eggs in the past few years have incredibly fragile shells and it's hard to break one cleanly without the entire thing crumbling in your hand. But if I buy the free range organic from a supplier that I know lets the chickens run wild in the field and eat what they should be eating, insects and anything else that moves, the shells are fine. And the recent government endorsement of this strange food pyramid where Cocoa Puffs are healthier than eggs, it tells you all you need to know. You cannot trust the authorities. So if your doctor has no clue about why your metabolism might be low and your knees might feel tight, clearly that's not the expert you should talk to. I started taking the iodine simply because there's really no downside with reasonable amounts. Your body needs it and I couldn't figure out where I might be getting enough of it. Along with the video that I watched that described similar symptoms, I just decided to get some and see what happens. I started with 1 mg, basically a thousand micrograms (3 tablets) and it took about 2 days for my knees to get better. (I'm now only taking one tablet per day generally) It felt like there were crystallized deposits in them that would grind, like driving your car without oil. There was just a resistance in them and then the pain. The thyroid has a function in filtering the blood of uric acid which can crystallize in the joints. That's what got me thinking about it. The iodine immediately took it away and after a couple of weeks it seemed like the the crystallized feeling in my knees had completely dissolved, like stirring sugar into your coffee. That's what it felt like on the Camino. In my previous caminos my knees would swell up and be painful at about 10 mi. This last Camino it simply didn't happen. The only thing I was taking was the iodine, no ibuprofen, no aspirin, no Tylenol. Just the iodine supplement a couple times a day. And after 30 miles it wasn't my knees that gave out. Usually it was that my feet were getting fatigued. But the recovery was also much quicker. I didn't need a day off after a long day. I walked into Santiago around 8:00 p.m. after 30 miles and the next morning everything felt fine. Along with the higher metabolism and the easier weight loss, it just seems like this was the solution. And as I mentioned, I also added a basic multivitamin just in case. But I'm not doing anything different. I eat the same and don't really think about my diet. Hopefully this helps ... Don't put the Camino off too long, . I sent this link to my kids to remind them not to waste time. We think we are infinite, but the truth is the end comes for everyone and when we're gone, that's it. The only thing left of us will be our children and whoever they leave behind. In 100 years no one will ever know we were even here. Strange to think about. ruclips.net/user/shortsQVmv0DJhyZI?si=7ef0aq5hfhfDTXsU
@@TheCaminoGuide Thank you for your considered reply. No Sir, I will not leave it too long, no more procrastination. Enjoying my walks and will continue to build on my preparation for next year. Will stay tuned to your Channel. Blessings. John ( England)
@@mauibob9488 I didn't buy any new ones. I have a closet full of socks. I wore the SmartWool back in May and I had these two pairs of lightweight socks that were brand new. I decided to try them out because it was summertime and going to be really hot and they were thinner than the Smart wool ones that I have.
Thanks for all the great information you shared over the past several months. It helped my husband and I plan for our Camino. We are currently on the Camino Francés and enjoying it. Greetings from Puente La Reina!
I’m wearing the brooks ghost with walk hero insert on the Camino and they’re great.
Thank you
been following you a bit as got friends currently doing the camino and we have plans for it in 26, but as you said you come to Asia, why don't you have a look at the Te Araroa walk in New Zealand. it might be of interest. cheers stu
Interesting about the Iodine.I don't eat much veg, but eat plenty of eggs cheese, some fishl milk, all have loads of Iodine. I am 66 and about 9 years ago i had a blood test which indicated border line under active thyroid, doctor said nought I could do to stop it it's progress. I am quiet healthy, have not been back to the doctors since. have put on a bit of weight, but i put that down to lack of exercise, but I sometime feel so drained of energy . that I don't want to move. have started walking regular, up to 6k 3 times a week. I find I can walk the sluggishness off. Like you I have this feeling in my knees which is like a tightness. Have thought about Iodine supplements, but it does not seen to make sense, when I am getting plenty in my diet. I am 6ft tall and 238pounds although this weight is coming down. I hope I will continue to feel better as I increase my walking. I have been seriously thinking about doing the Camino Francais for some time, ever since watching The Way Movie, but just dismissed it has a dream. but the call of the Camino would not go away, and after watching your videos in particular. I have decided God willing next year, June start, finishing sometime around July 17th on my 66th birthday. I have told my wife and my work that I will be going for about 5 weeks, and no one is going to deter me from going. I have found your videos very useful, and enjoy them. Thank you so much Greg. I will stay tuned over the coming months.
God bless.
John
My feeling on supplements is, maybe shooting for the minimum daily requirement is not what we should be looking for. Clearly the medical profession does not have the first clue what is going on most of the time. The last few years proves that. Regardless of which side of the argument you fall on, seeing disagreement among professionals like It's not actual science, but simply opinion, means that they don't have the answers either. I've traveled the world enough and seen that pretty much everywhere else in the world there are no fat people, or at least it's a substantial decrease from what we see in the US. For having what's considered the best medical industry in the world, we sure are sick and overweight. Europeans in general are healthier and they live on bread, cheese, butter and fat and they don't particularly worry about their sugar intake either. They just don't obsess over it like we do. And in Asia I really couldn't find an overweight person. So I think there's probably something in the US food supply that's basically poisoning us, in addition to having too much available or at least it's not giving us nutritional foods. Our processing of food is designed to make it last longer and to be as profitable as possible for the manufacturer. Even raw ingredients like flour is overly processed in the US. I've noticed eggs in the past few years have incredibly fragile shells and it's hard to break one cleanly without the entire thing crumbling in your hand. But if I buy the free range organic from a supplier that I know lets the chickens run wild in the field and eat what they should be eating, insects and anything else that moves, the shells are fine. And the recent government endorsement of this strange food pyramid where Cocoa Puffs are healthier than eggs, it tells you all you need to know. You cannot trust the authorities. So if your doctor has no clue about why your metabolism might be low and your knees might feel tight, clearly that's not the expert you should talk to. I started taking the iodine simply because there's really no downside with reasonable amounts. Your body needs it and I couldn't figure out where I might be getting enough of it. Along with the video that I watched that described similar symptoms, I just decided to get some and see what happens. I started with 1 mg, basically a thousand micrograms (3 tablets) and it took about 2 days for my knees to get better. (I'm now only taking one tablet per day generally) It felt like there were crystallized deposits in them that would grind, like driving your car without oil. There was just a resistance in them and then the pain. The thyroid has a function in filtering the blood of uric acid which can crystallize in the joints. That's what got me thinking about it. The iodine immediately took it away and after a couple of weeks it seemed like the the crystallized feeling in my knees had completely dissolved, like stirring sugar into your coffee. That's what it felt like on the Camino. In my previous caminos my knees would swell up and be painful at about 10 mi. This last Camino it simply didn't happen. The only thing I was taking was the iodine, no ibuprofen, no aspirin, no Tylenol. Just the iodine supplement a couple times a day. And after 30 miles it wasn't my knees that gave out. Usually it was that my feet were getting fatigued. But the recovery was also much quicker. I didn't need a day off after a long day. I walked into Santiago around 8:00 p.m. after 30 miles and the next morning everything felt fine. Along with the higher metabolism and the easier weight loss, it just seems like this was the solution. And as I mentioned, I also added a basic multivitamin just in case. But I'm not doing anything different. I eat the same and don't really think about my diet. Hopefully this helps ...
Don't put the Camino off too long, . I sent this link to my kids to remind them not to waste time. We think we are infinite, but the truth is the end comes for everyone and when we're gone, that's it. The only thing left of us will be our children and whoever they leave behind. In 100 years no one will ever know we were even here. Strange to think about.
ruclips.net/user/shortsQVmv0DJhyZI?si=7ef0aq5hfhfDTXsU
@@TheCaminoGuide Thank you for your considered reply. No Sir, I will not leave it too long, no more procrastination. Enjoying my walks and will continue to build on my preparation for next year.
Will stay tuned to your Channel.
Blessings.
John ( England)
I thought you switched to the Smartwool brand of sock?
@@mauibob9488 I didn't buy any new ones. I have a closet full of socks. I wore the SmartWool back in May and I had these two pairs of lightweight socks that were brand new. I decided to try them out because it was summertime and going to be really hot and they were thinner than the Smart wool ones that I have.
@@TheCaminoGuide I may take both as I plan on walking last week of August and through September 2025.
43 km would be a Marathon, pace yourself Greg!