Flying Soon? Simple Ways to Support Your Body Before, During and After Travel

Early alarms, crowded terminals, dry cabin air, time-zone changes and less sleep can throw your routine off, so planning for rest, hydration and food before, during and after a trip is sensible. Good sleep, handwashing, water and balanced meals are the best-supported steps, and supplements such as Immune Defense Shield are positioned as optional support. This article offers a simple travel routine.

But travel can also throw your normal routine completely off.

Early alarms. Long security lines. Crowded terminals. Less sleep. Different food. Dry airplane cabins. Time-zone changes. And a whole lot of people sharing the same spaces.

That's why taking care of yourself before, during, and after travel can be just as important as remembering your passport.

Travel Can Be Tough on Your Routine

Your immune system doesn't suddenly turn off when you board an airplane. But many of the habits that support overall health can take a hit while traveling.

You might sleep less the night before a flight. You may not drink as much water as usual. Meals become whatever is available at the terminal. Stress levels can climb. Exercise disappears for a few days.

Research has also demonstrated an important relationship between sleep and immune function, with sleep affecting both innate and adaptive immune responses.¹

The point isn't to be afraid of traveling.

It's to recognize that travel is a good time to pay extra attention to the basics.

Start Before You Get to the Airport

One of the biggest mistakes we can make with wellness is waiting until we feel run down before thinking about it.

Supporting your body should be consistent.

Before and during your trip, focus on fundamentals like quality sleep, hydration, balanced nutrition, regular handwashing and movement.

And perhaps most importantly, try to maintain the healthy routines you've already established at home.

Don't Wait Until You Need the Support

This is where ROOT Immune Defense Shield (IDS) can fit into a regular wellness routine.

IDS combines vitamins, minerals and other ingredients including vitamin C, vitamin D, vitamin K2, OmniMin™ AC Trace Minerals, NAD+ and quercetin.

Vitamin C and vitamin D both play recognized roles in normal immune function, and research has examined the broader importance of micronutrients to immune-system function.²

The important word is consistent.

IDS isn't something we want people thinking about only when they're traveling or already feeling run down. It's about making nutritional support part of the routine you maintain throughout the year.

Traveling tomorrow?

Don't start thinking about wellness tomorrow.

Build the routine today.

Your Destination Changes. Your Routine Doesn't Have To.

Get your sleep.

Drink your water.

Eat well.

Wash your hands.

Move your body.

And stay consistent with the nutritional and wellness routine you've built at home.

Supporting your health shouldn't begin at the airport gate, and it shouldn't end when you get home.

Ready to Add IDS to Your Routine?

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Medical & Scientific References

1. Besedovsky L, Lange T, Haack M. The Sleep-Immune Crosstalk in Health and Disease. Physiological Reviews.2019;99(3):1325–1380. doi:10.1152/physrev.00010.2018.
2. Gombart AF, Pierre A, Maggini S. A Review of Micronutrients and the Immune System—Working in Harmony to Reduce the Risk of Infection. Nutrients. 2020;12(1):236. doi:10.3390/nu12010236.
3. National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Vitamin C Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.
4. National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Vitamin D Fact Sheet for Health Professionals.

Related topics: Immune Defense Shield, Zinc.