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Happy Travelling | 7 Healthy Tips For Your Holidays
Happy Travelling | 7 Healthy Tips For Your Holidays
Travel is so much fun and something I love doing. However, there can be some parts of travel that aren’t so optimal for your health, so I wanted to share some of my favourite tips that can help to make the travel experience more healthy and overall, more enjoyable.
1. Essential Oils to Relax You and Deodorise the Plane Air
Taking essential oils with you on the plane is non-negotiable for me!
Lavender and lemon essential oils are some of my go-to’s. These are perfect for deodorising the air on the plane and lavender is super relaxing to help you sleep.
When you’re sitting on that plane with all those nasty smells, put a few drops of oil on your hands and rub them together to heat up the oil. It’ll literally freshen the air so you can actually breathe!
It will smell so good, the people sitting around you will probably appreciate it as well.
Just make sure you check to see if the essential oils you choose to take with you need to be diluted with a carrier oil. For example, lemon oil is best diluted 50/50 with a carrier oil but you don’t need to dilute lavender oil at all (unless you have REALLY sensitive skin).
The reason I recommend lemon is because most people like that smell. If you are using something like peppermint, some people might not like it and complain that there’s a nasty smell. Then you’ll get in trouble with the flight attendants and you don’t want that!
So best to keep everyone happy.
2. Hydrate With a Spritzer
The air on the plane is really dry.
A little spray bottle filled with plain water will help put some moisture back in the air and your skin. Add some of your favourite essential oils and just spray it on your face and body every now and again.
3. Bring a Safety Mask to Wear When They Spray the Cabin
Depending on where you travel in the world, sometimes they spray the cabin before the plane lands. It’s normally a nasty antibiotic or pesticide that kills all the bugs in the plane.
The biggest problem with that is that it can kill all the good bugs inside of us too! Plus you don’t want your lungs to be full of it, so I recommend you just buy one of those simple protective masks.
When they come past spraying that stuff, put your mask on! After 10 to 15 minutes all the stuff will settle and then you’ll probably be okay to remove the mask or just wear it until you get off the plane.
4. Drink Plenty of Water on the Plane
When you travel, hydrating yourself is SO important, as the air in the plane is super drying.
The sad part is sometimes just before you get on the plane they take all your water bottles!! Half the struggle is then trying to get enough water to drink.
Don’t be shy, just bug the flight attendant for at least four glasses of water every hour. It will make a big difference!
5. Physical Activity - Travel Exercises to Boost Your Circulation
Sitting in one position for hours wreaks havoc on your body!
Getting up to do some “shake and bake” exercise movements will really help. Rotate your ankles, move your legs, walk up and down the aisle, do some squats, and stretch it out.
Do whatever you have to do just to keep everything moving, otherwise your joints are going to be so stiff when you arrive.
6. Eat Healthy - Tips for When You're on the Go
As we all know plane food typically isn’t very good. Basically, the best thing to do when it comes to food and planes is to just bring your own snacks.
I like to travel with Pulse and eat it whenever I can just to sustain myself nutritionally. Snacks like fresh fruit are always the best as they are so hydrating and good for the digestive system.
Otherwise, pack some snack foods like nuts to keep you going. If it’s a short flight and you couldn’t pick up anything prior, just do without. Treat the plane trip like a mini fast, just drink water and then eat when you arrive.
When you’re at your destination I recommend trying to have fruit for breakfast so you know you’re off to a good start for the day. We all like to try different foods when we travel and enjoy the experience of going out for lunch and dinner, so it’s kind of easier to make sure you have a healthy breakfast.
Find a place that sells local fresh fruit like cherries or strawberries or blueberries or mangos or apples or whatever fruit is available and buy as much as you can! Just inundate yourself with the local fruit full of antioxidants. Local foods will offer some protection against local germs also which will keep you from getting sick.
7. Detoxification to Keep You in Flow
When you travel, detoxification is so important. You’re in different environments, eating different foods, different time zones, so here’s how to help your body out.
Up until 12 noon your body is in detoxification mode, so support this process by drinking plenty of water, maybe with a little lemon and salt if you can. Anything to help you poo, pee, and sweat more is going to be good in cleaning you out; going for a walk, sweating in the hotel sauna (if you have one) and deep breathing while you exercise.
Those are the most optimal things you can do every day. If you’re really looking after yourself then you can probably get away with eating some of the foods that aren’t so good occasionally.
Packing an enema kit is a handy tool in case you ever feel backed up during your travels, you can use it to clean everything out. This way you can avoid all kinds of sickness by keeping the digestive system moving a couple of times a day. Ideally, do this every day but even every couple of days is really going to help.
So, those are my 7 travel tips of things that will help you have a healthy, happy and amazing travel experience!
Thanks for reading!
