Are you tired of getting sick as soon as you reach your summer destination?
With a few simple tricks, you can strengthen your health while traveling and spend your vacation in a sun lounger instead of in bed.
It's now 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 really relax and escape everyday life, it's not uncommon for us to travel abroad. The last thing you want to happen then is to get sick.
Unfortunately, that's something that can easily happen. Traveling is demanding for the body and can cause impairments in the immune system and digestion, among other things.
Additionally, many travelers visit places teeming with bacteria and viruses, such as airports, train stations, restaurants, markets, and museums.
1. Probiotics
Getting digestive problems can be one of the most uncomfortable things that can happen on vacation. With a healthy gut flora, it becomes easier to keep your stomach in good spirits. Using probiotics (friendly gut bacteria) or as they say in Sweden; lactic acid bacteria, you can support your stomach and ensure your gut flora stays at an optimal level and shorten any potential stomach illness.Varieties for children are also available.
Probiotics don't 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 your trip and continue until one week after your return.
2. Oregano Oil or Olive Leaf Extract
Taking an herb that works against both bacteria and viruses is a good idea when traveling abroad. Consider starting to take it a few days before your vacation, throughout your entire stay, and for a few days after you return home. The two options we find work excellently for this purpose are oregano oil or olive leaf extract.
3. Enzymes
Who doesn't find it exciting to discover new foods abroad? We might eat certain foods we're not used to, greater combinations of different types of food, or simply larger meals. In these cases, enzymes can support digestion and contribute to a more comfortable feeling without bloating.
4. Meal Replacement
Hunger is never fun. Especially not when you're abroad, in a hot place without access to good food. If you don't eat properly and get enough energy, your immune system is negatively affected. It also makes it harder for you 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 make it to your next meal.
5. B-vitamins
A bestseller with us and one of the most important supplements for counteracting stress, supporting our nervous system, and contributing 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 an excellent opportunity to fill up your body's reserves and simultaneously increase your resistance so that you have the energy to take on new challenges when your vacation is over!
6. Magnesium
Getting enough sleep is always important, but perhaps it's especially important when you're traveling. Good sleep is a key to a strong immune system, and a few hours too little in bed makes you more susceptible to illnesses. Additionally, it's really unpleasant to walk around tired throughout your vacation instead of enjoying the local attractions.
Magnesium is one of our most important minerals and simultaneously one of the most common to be deficient in. Common signs of magnesium deficiency can include calf cramps, pins and needles, 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 exercise intensely and sweat a lot. Many people experience that magnesium helps the body relax, and it's 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 diseases 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 as you also rub off any bacteria that may have survived the handwashing. We wish you a wonderful vacation with lots of warmth and laughter!
