Healthy Traveling Tips

Healthy Traveling Tip 1 – Take immune supportive supplements

First healthy traveling tip: Take along some immune building supplements, especially Vitamins C and D3. Vitamin D Council recommends that adults take 5,000 IU per day of Vitamin D3.

Turmeric is an especially good antioxidant protectant. In supplement form find a product that contains the active ingredient curcumin, which is much better absorbed and utilized. Look for a brand that contains Theracumin form of curcumin.

Healthy Traveling Tip 2 – Maintain healthy lifestyle habits

Second: Remember that healthy habits keep our immune systems strong and help prevent infections:

• Drink plenty of pure water
• Get some exercise
• Sleep at least 7-8 hours
• Eat immune supportive food, like citrus fruit, mushrooms, broccoli, garlic, spinach, almonds, live culture yogurt, turmeric and green tea.
• Avoid or minimize eating sweets. They suppress your immune system
• Keep bowels moving – simplest way – keep increasing amount of magnesium you take until things flow well. If they flow too well cut back on the dose.

Healthy Travel Tip 3 – Keep bowels moving well

Here’s a concoction that I’ve developed that’s easy to take along to help the bowels too:

Mix and then grind in a blender one Tablespoon each of:

• Black sesame seeds
• Flax seeds
• Chia seeds
• Pumpkin seeds

To that mixture add:

• 1 Tablespoon psyllium powder
• 1 Tablespoon raw cacao powder (or cocoa powder – but it’s more bitter than cacao)
• 1/2 teaspoon white stevia powder

Mix all ingredients well and place in a travel container

Place one tablespoon of this mixture in one cup of water and allow to sit at room temperature overnight. Drink it the next morning to lubricate the bowel with good omega-3 and omega-6 oils and fiber.

This concoction tastes sweet to me since my taste buds are more sensitive to the sweet taste due to not eating many concentrated sweets like typical desserts. But your taste buds might sense it differently. You could try substituting carob for the cacao powder since carob is naturally sweeter than cacao (chocolate).

May these healthy traveling tips increase the enjoyment of your escapades.