Keeping Healthy While Traveling

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Long term travel can be tiring, especially if you have a busy itinerary. Lack of rest together with the unhealthy eating that often comes with traveling and contact with lots of people in enclosed spaces (trains, buses, high tourist areas etc.) can have a pretty big effect on your immune system. Here’s what I do in terms of keeping healthy while traveling

Actually, this is a bit of a “state the obvious” post, because keeping healthy while traveling is the same as keeping healthy when not traveling. Exercise, eat nutritious foods and get enough rest.

Keeping Healthy While Traveling

The biggest thing is to create a routine and keep to it as much as possible. Here is mine as an example. It is the same whether I am touring a country or have decided to chill for a while.

My Morning Routine

I know this morning routine takes two hours (two hours is the maximum, usually it is only an hour but I like to check email etc. also). It means that whatever I am doing the next day I will wake up at least two hours before having to leave the house. Sometimes this is not possible but as long as I stick to it when I can I find it is pretty good for keeping healthy while traveling.

Wake UpRinse my mouth (to get rid of the bacteria) and drink about 500mls of water (2 cups-ish).Exercise for 20-30 minutes, including stretching.Eat breakfast. Fruit, protein and green tea (with a couple of drops of clove oil in it and a multivitamin)Shower etc.Guidelines for Keeping Healthy While Traveling

Other than my morning routine here are some guidelines for keeping healthy while traveling which I stick to most of the time.

If I have more than two hours to spare I will do more exercise.If I am touring I walk…. a lot. It keeps me fit, is cheaper and I get to see lots of stuff. I really like walking.I try not to cram too much in.Get enough rest. Tired? Find a park and take a nap!Eat well, lots of dark green vegetables. I stay away from deep fried food and stuff with lots of sugar or salt (unless it is a local speciality that I really want to try out).Drink lots of water and less sugar drinks (including alcohol).Don’t smoke.Wash clothes when staying in one place for more than 36 hours. Clean clothes are necessary for hygiene. 36 hours is more than ample time to dry clothes indoors even when humidity it high.If Going On a Long Journey

By this I mean if you have to get on a bus/train/boat etc. for an extended period of time (more than say… four hours.)

Anything bad that has happened to me whilst traveling I can ride off as being worth it for the adventure and memories. There is one exception…

Getting belly problems (a.k.a. the sh*ts) while in transport.

It is something that has happened to me a couple of times and it is NOT fun.

Now I actively prevent it from happening.

If I know that a long journey is on the cards (which I try to avoid to begin with, but is sometimes necessary) my preparation begins 12-24 hours before the journey. I will only eat BRAT type foods and only drink water. Also, I will eat and drink less than I usually would.

BRAT stands for Bananas, Rice, Applesauce and Toast, but I do not restrict myself to these four things. By a BRAT type diet I mean that I eat bland foods that are unlikely to upset my stomach. Eggs, plain pasta, plain cooked veggies, bread, crackers etc. I know what I can and cannot eat, and I am sure you do to.

Plain rice is easy to digest.

Furthermore, I always make sure I have a stock of immodium or activated charcoal just in case.

Wear loose fitting clothing. Your body doesn’t need the pressure on your kidneys, and you will also be more comfortable in general.

When my journey ends I know that I do not have another one for at least 24 hours I go back to my usual testing of the fine foreign street foods.

What Things Do You Do for Keeping Healthy While Traveling?

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