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“Grass is greener on the other side”, is the idiom used when you feel that other people seem to be in a better situation than you, although they may not be. Surprisingly, the same goes for travelers. It might look sexy to the people who don’t regularly travel but little do they know the toll it takes on the traveler’s health – both body and mind.
Maintaining healthy habits can be very difficult for professionals who often travel. Getting access to healthy and nutritious food like home-cooked meals is very challenging.
Long-term travel can damage our health if proper care is not taken. Our natural rhythm is thrown out of balance, thanks to eating out unhealthy food regularly.
If you are on a work trip or a fun trip, the key to keeping yourself healthy is taking some preventive measures.
We at top5listicle have curated a list of travel-tips to keep you safe and healthy while traveling whether staying close or traveling abroad.
Roadways or airways, you need to keep yourself safe.
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Tips to stay healthy while travelling for Work
1. Get that much required Sleep
Everyone knows how important sleep can be while travelling. Your body needs rest while travelling be it crossing time zones, travel to and fro the hotel and airport, carrying luggage, walking all day, sleep is inevitable. Although your heart says not to rest and get working, but your body says otherwise.
Not having enough sleep can hinder cognitive abilities. It will affect your ability to process information in your brain.
Some common examples of having a brain fog or memory issues are: not able to remember your hotel’s location, losing your luggage, etc.
Traveling is harsh on the body and to enjoy the next few days of the travel, you need to listen to it and be well-rested.
2. Watch what you eat and drink
When you visit any restaurant, try to order dishes which are non-fatty and less spicy. Stick to healthier options like salads, healthy grains.
It is no brainer that people often fall sick when they eat something out of their comfort zone. It might suit some and might not suit few. So,
if you don’t want your health to play a spoil sport while travelling, sticking to healthy food items is the answer.
Some tips to eat healthy when traveling:
- Carry a bag of assorted nuts
- If going on long-term travel, opt for service apartments so you can cook your own food.
- Try buying fresh local produce and cook your own meal
- Do your homework before a trip. Lookout for healthy restaurants, salad bars, etc so you will not waste time searching for healthy food later.
- Pack healthy snacks
3. Stick with a routine and discipline
Traveling can be stressful. For your body to stay in balance, follow a routine that you can easily follow.
Sleep and wake up at the same time everyday, eat at the same time, maintain a work-life balance even while traveling.
Routines help with anxiety since it gives you a predictable day.
4. Walk as much as possible
Walking is one of the best exercises available to keep you stress and anxiety free apart from keeping you fit.
Due to the pressure of completing tasks within deadlines, most professionals forget about health and opt for cabs and other modes of transport to commute to their offices.
Instead try booking a hotel which is at a walkable distance so you can walk back to the hotel after leaving work.
Bonus Tip: Take short strolls in your corridor or around your building whenever possible. This will not just help you stay fit but also helps you enjoy the fresh air.
5. Wash your hands very often
When you are traveling, make sure you wash your hands as often as possible to get rid of germs and bacteria. With many new contagious diseases lurking around the corner, it is always better to wash your hands often. For example, staying at a hotel, you might be touching things that the previous travelers would have touched, and this means you are touching unknown germs – harmful or harmless. Hence, to be on the safer side, keep washing your hands or keep wet wipes handy when going out.
6. Stay Hydrated
This tip should have come at the beginning, but nevertheless staying hydrated is one tip that is indispensable. While traveling on an airplane, the altitude you will be at is above 36000 feet due to which the humidity levels are way too low, i.e about 10-20% equivalent to walking in a desert. So, dehydration is natural while flying.
Bonus Tip: Avoid sugary drinks, caffeine and alcohol on flights. They dehydrate.
7. Eat Probiotics
Probiotics are filled with numerous benefits. Yogurt is one of the best examples of probiotics. Fermented food can boost your immune system along with keeping your digestive system healthy.
Check out the benefits of fermentation here.
[Source : Top benefits of Fermented food]
It is quite natural to have digestion related problems like traveler’s diarrhea, bloating, constipation while traveling due to change in demography, shift in time zone etc.
Yogurt can help with that.
In India, it is quite common to end any meal with curd rice or plain yogurt rice for the same reason.
8. Exercise in your Hotel Room or Hit the gym at your Hotel
Although you are traveling for work, maintaining a healthy lifestyle is a must to function properly. To cater to these requirements, almost every hotel has a gym. So, use it to the fullest.
If you are not a gym person, you can always use your hotel room to do some simple stretches and exercises.
Sit ups, jumping jacks, lunges, squats are evergreen exercises that can keep you fit.
Want to work out at desk?
Check out this video.
9. Limit alcohol consumption
Hangovers are no fun. So, try to keep alcohol at a minimum and if possible avoid it.
Once you have an alcoholic drink, it takes 30-60 minutes to kick in and show its maximum effect. As alcohol travels through your blood, it reaches brain, thus making it foggy. Your ability to think are impacted which is not cool.
It also increases the flow of liquid through your kidneys, which makes you dehydrated.
Takeaway
It is indeed possible to stay healthy while you travel of course, with a little bit of effort from your side. Pre-plan everything before you leave so you can be stress-free while you travel.
Follow the above simple tips and stay healthy!
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Happy travels!
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Loved these tips. Will share these among my family members who have to go to work everyday. Thanks again!
Nice and very well explained write up
This is very helpful. I skip physical Workout during my travel but will try now onwards.
Very valuable information shared .
The blog is really interesting. And the tips you shared were really helpful and really simple to follow. Thank you for sharing the tips while travelling.
Simple and helpful tips to follow thanks dear
Such amazing tips to start 2021 right! Ty for sharing
This is something very important as a popular saying is there ‘Health is wealth’. Thanks for sharing this:)
A lot of people forget about probiotics, that’s very useful when you are traveling!
I would highly recommend your blog as the information shared is valuable and easy to follow!
This is such a helpful post. Thanks for sharing it.
Yes definitely we are taking a lot of care amid pendamic. Great post. Thanks for reminding us.
Including probiotics, washing our hands, sticking to a routine are really not difficult to do and makes our job easier! Thank you for these tips!
Ty for sharing this tips will carry some nuts next time while traveling
You know your quality is that you list things that no one does. Like eating probiotics. Stay unique ❤
It is time to step out and go to work. To overcome the domino effect, your tips would surely help. Thanks for sharing
You are totally right now we have to start working with Full capacities ❤️
love reading this blog, thank you for the tips
Thank you for these amazing travel tips,it’s really tough to rake proper care when we travel,your tips are simple and very helpful.
Love reading this blog. Amazing content
These are some amazing useful tips,thanks for sharing.
So amazing and useful tips,great post
Wow thank you for sharing ❤️
I have motion sickness and I was thinking of ways to heal this issue… Your post is really going to help me a lot..thank you
I’m planning to go on a short vacation so for me this is very helpful guide.. thanks for this dear✌️✌️
Good tips. It’s really stressful when we have to travel for work. It’s stressful even for the family. You have given very simple and doable tips.
Very informative and much needed tips for all who travel for work …..tanx for this blog
Thankyou for sharing this amazing information much needed
These are great tips that will help learn how to stay healthy while travelling. Great thoughts.
Thankyou for this amazing piece of information shared with us❤️ Loved it
Indeed great tips and I agree it is very important to maintain a healthy eating pattern and regular exercise even when we are traveling for work. Sometimes small efforts make a big difference.
I am just back from a vacation and I actually followed all the 9 points you have listed out 🙂 I am so proud of myself..and i did a detox diet too after my return
This is totally on point. I always get my sleep after travelling and only then I go and have fun. My hubby makes fun of it but I’m stubborn so….
These are some great tips. Exercising and eating right is the key but yes following all mentioned tips will make our journey stress free for sure. Thanks for sharing.
All these tips are very helpful.. especially in Corona times. Thanks for sharing this information
Every Tips are very helpful. Thanks for sharing it<3
Wash your hands is such an underrated advice. Other than reasons like covid 19 spread, even to keep other diseases at bay, it is an excellent habit to develop. Especially when traveling.
During this pandemic time we all need to take care our health thanks for sharing such important points to take care of your health while travelling
These are great tips.. I was recently travelling for holidays and made sure to take care like you mentioned by eating right, walking and taking strolls and avoiding alcohol….
Wow . This is really an amazing article. I dont really do any physical workout while travelling and all but for sure would love to try out after reading this.
During travel many people over exaggerate the schedule and end up being tired on day 1. I completely follow sticking to schedule and getting good amount of sleep to be energised for the next day. And small breaks between the day also works good.
These tips are good to stay healthy. Walking around, helps to keep body healthy and fit while travelling and in daily life as well.
Amazing tips Will try incorporating these
When we travel our complete scheduled disturbed,which results bad health or illness. But all these tips are very helpful wgile traveling. Thanks for sharing this useful article.
These are helpful tips that one should keep in mind when travelling. Thanks for sharing.
Very good information thx so much
Your tips are excellent but I am little vagabond type when our for a trip. I prefer exploring the destination the more than exercise that time
Well written article. And this is absolutely true that one can stay fit even during traveling. You have given some best and easy to follow tips that will definitely help others. Good work.
Absolutely right and appropriate with the title…we often distract from our healthy routine while travelling… very practical tips have shared.
A great article! I like how most of these tips are really simple and easy still are very neglected. Loved the way you’ve described the whole thing.
Very well written and all the points are very simple and nicely described
Really good article!! All the steps seem really easy and helpful
It’s been a while since I worked but these are some very helpful tips which I can use for my husband. I do follow most of these but some others will inculcate like carrying your own food.
This is very useful one
Really helpful Blog dear. You always came with something different topic I like it
This is a helpful article.