Food: Medicine for Travel (Part Deux)
Our overall health can be highly influenced by the foods we eat on a daily basis. In my last blog post, I talked about nature’s medicine for travel with an emphasis on herbs and spices. That was only the tip of the iceberg! Due to the prodigious feedback I received from that post, I decided to stick with this topic and offer some additional advice for common travel ailments and foods to gravitate toward while roaming abroad. Continue Reading »
Food: Medicine for Travel (Part One)
Not only does food provide energy and nutrients to help our bodies run on a daily basis, but it contains nature’s cure to many ailments you may experience while traveling. There is a growing body of knowledge that supports the use of whole foods in the maintenance of health and the treatment of illness. Continue Reading »
Travel Health Basics: Vitamins & Minerals
While the three main nutrients (carbs, protein, and fat) can be thought of as the stones in the Great Wall of China, vitamins and minerals might be the dirt and rubble that binds the stones and makes the unit work as a whole. Eating foods with a large variety of vitamins and minerals is necessary for peak health and performance while traveling. Continue Reading »
Travel Health Basics: Fat
The latest in my series on Travel Health Basics... Fats, similar to carbohydrates and proteins, are an important nutrient for your student traveler. Continue Reading »
Travel Health Basics: Protein
Hi everyone! April here, back with another installment of our current series on Travel Health Basics. My last topic was carbohydrates, and this week we'll dive into proteins... Continue Reading »