Are you tired of getting sick as soon as you arrive at your summer destination?
With a few simple tips, you can strengthen your health while traveling and spend your vacation in the sun chair instead of in bed.
Now it’s time for many Swedes to go on summer vacation. It’s an opportunity to rest from work, experience adventures, and spend time with friends and family.
To truly relax and let go of everyday life, it’s common to travel abroad. The last thing you want to happen then is to get sick.
Unfortunately, this is something that can easily happen. Traveling is stressful for the body and can cause impairments in, among other things, the immune system and digestion.
Additionally, many travelers spend time in places teeming with bacteria and viruses, such as airports, train stations, restaurants, markets, and museums.
1. Probiotics
Getting stomach problems can be one of the most unpleasant things that can happen on vacation. With a healthy gut flora, it’s easier to keep your stomach happy.
With the help of probiotics (friendly gut bacteria), or as they are called in Sweden; lactic acid bacteria, you can support your stomach and ensure your gut flora stays at an optimal level and shorten any stomach illness.
There are also selected varieties for children.
Probiotics do not prevent you from coming into contact with foodborne infections, but they do make it easier for your stomach to resist and recover.
When traveling abroad, take one capsule per day starting two weeks before the trip, and finish one week after returning home.
2. Oregano Oil or Olive Leaf Extract
Taking an herb that fights both bacteria and viruses is a good idea when traveling abroad. Feel free to start taking it a few days before your vacation, throughout the vacation, and a few days after you return home.
The two we think work excellently for this purpose are oregano oil or olive leaf extract.
3. Enzymes
Who doesn’t find it exciting to discover new food abroad? Maybe we then eat some food we’re not used to, larger combinations of different types of food, or simply bigger meals.
Then **enzymes** can support digestion and contribute to a more comfortable feeling without a bloated stomach.
4. Meal Replacement
Hunger is never fun. Especially not when you’re abroad, in a warm place without access to something good to eat.
If you don’t eat properly and get enough energy, your immune system is negatively affected. It also makes it harder to think clearly and concentrate, which can be very important when you’re in a foreign country.
That’s why it’s extremely practical to bring meal replacement on your trip. It’s a quick and effective way to get some extra energy that helps you get through until the next meal.
5. B Vitamins
A bestseller with us and one of the most important supplements to counteract stress, support our nervous system, and contribute to normal energy production is the simple B-complex.
When we exert ourselves – whether physically or mentally – we use extra B vitamins and need to replenish them.
Vacation is a perfect opportunity to refill the body’s stores and at the same time increase your resistance so you have the energy to take on new challenges when the vacation is over!
6. Magnesium
Getting good sleep is always important, but maybe it’s especially important when you travel. Good sleep is a key to a strong immune system, and a few hours less in bed makes it easier to catch illnesses.
Besides, it’s really unpleasant to go around feeling tired all vacation instead of enjoying the local attractions.
Magnesium is one of our most important minerals and at the same time one of the most common to be deficient in.
Common signs of magnesium deficiency can be calf cramps, tingling sensations and restless legs, as well as tense and aching muscles, weakness, tremors, anxiety, brittle bones and teeth, eye twitches, dizziness, PMS, headaches, and sleep problems.
Magnesium is also important for those who train hard and sweat a lot.
Many find that magnesium helps the body relax, and it is often used as a supplement in the evening to help the body wind down.
Hygiene
Remember that a simple but very important thing you can do to prevent illness is to wash your hands thoroughly and often.
Remember to use soap and rinse your hands for at least 20 seconds to really get them clean.
Drying your hands with paper afterward is the best thing you can do because you also rub off any bacteria that survived the hand washing.
We wish you a wonderful vacation filled with warmth and laughter!
