Category: Staying Healthy
Recipe: Reduced-fat Carrot Peanut Butter
Luxury spas and retreats are fun. After all, who doesn’t like a great massage? This type of travel is good for our physical well-being and for our mental health – especially if we learn new behaviors that we can practice at home. Over the years when I’ve visited spas, I’ve collected recipes that I can […]
Child and Pet Water Safety
The Safety Turtle wristband helps keep kids safe around water. Keeping kids and pets safe around water is critically important and can be a challenge – especially when the family vacation is to a resort with a swimming pool or to a lake. Now I’ve learned about a wireless wristband alarm called “Safety Turtle“ that […]
How To Avoid Getting Sick On a Flight
This post is courtesy of my colleague, Marybeth Bond, National Geographic Author and Founder of the popular website Gutsy Traveler — If you’ve flown with me, you know I’m a germ freak. I wear an air purifier around my neck for ion technology clean air and use a tissue to touch anything in the bathroom. […]
Getting Home If Sick or Injured on Vacation
MedjetAssist specializes in getting travelers home safely if they are injured or become seriously ill on vacation. It’s every traveler’s worst nightmare: you’re having a great time on your vacation, then – boom – a fall or a fever sends you to a local hospital. After initial treatment, the big question is: “Now how do […]
Vitamin D Deficiency
Hawaiian green sea turtles don’t need to use sunscreen, but you do. Since reminding you to practice safe sun, it has been brought to my attention that Vitamin D deficiency is on the rise these days because more of us are using sunscreen and wearing sun protective clothing. I live in Southern California and I’m […]
Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite
I love traveling in the developing world, but I don’t love dealing with insects – and I especially don’t want to bring them home with me. However, as more and more travelers vacation in exotic places, that’s exactly what’s happening. As suitcases move around the world, insects get a free ride. In the U. S., New York […]
Sun Safety Tips
Sun Safety Tips: It’s summer and chances are you’re enjoying a few days of vacation at the beach, a golf resort, or a hotel with a great swimming pool. In fact, if you’re anywhere in the Northern Hemisphere, you’re probably outside more these days as the weather gets warmer. In any case, skin cancer is […]
Travel Time Game
Mental Clock games are based on the numbers on a digital clock. Vacations are fun, but getting there can be drag. To deal with the boredom of waiting in airports and sitting on planes, we play online games, download movies onto our iPads, and eat food that isn’t healthy. If we run out of electronic […]
Guard Your Goodies When You Travel
Smart travelers pack carefully for their vacations and take everything they need to stay healthy. It’s equally important to safeguard those items while you’re on the road. One precaution is to divide prescription meds and other critical health care supplies and carry them in two different places, such as a handbag and a carry-on suitcase […]
BYO Travel Food
No Rice Crispies for me. I’ve gotten some pretty wierd looks from the TSA guys when they see little Ziplock bags of breakfast cereal in my hand luggage – and I don’t care. For me, a big part of feeling good away from home is keeping my stomach happy – and that means starting every […]
Enjoy New Zealand Spas and Natural Remedies
New Zealand spas offer a hands-on way to experience New Zealand’s natural wonders. Several spas throughout this clean green country use products made from local plants, honey, and – even – clay in wonderful massage therapies, body treatments, facials, and treats for hands and feet. I made this discovery after a long hike in the Bay […]
Hangover Prevention Formula
Just in time for New Year’s Eve, I’ve learned about an all-natural product that prevents the ravaging symptoms of a hangover. Hangover Prevention Formula is made from the fruit of the prickly pear cactus and a handful of B vitamins. Planning on imbibing? Just pop one capsule per 130 pounds of your body weight, avoid fibrous […]
Good News For Allergy Sufferers
Having just learned that some of my weird symptoms are due to allergies, I was glad to read that at least one hotel is providing special rooms for travelers with asthma, allergies, and other respiratory sensitivities. The Hyatt Regency O’Hare is now offering 34 “Respire by Hyatt-Hypo-Allergenic” rooms, which they claim are 98% allergen free. […]
Don’t bug me, don’t bite me
Don’t bug me, don’t bite me! I don’t care how beautiful a place is – if there are bugs swarming around, I can’t exit fast enough. I remember when I was walking the Milford Track in New Zealand and we stopped for lunch on the last day – sand flies came out of nowhere and […]
