Travel Tips - Pre Travel Preps

Since the holidays are around the corner, I wanted to share a few of my tips and tricks to beat post flight bloating.

The

day before your flight:

(I would start 2 days before my flight)

• Load up on your fibers/leafy greens

• Aim to have nutrient dense meals; avoid red meats - add more veggies and greens to your meals - have a salad for dinner packed with kale - spinach - cabbage - carrots - beets - sauerkraut

• Bone broth - can be your choice of meal or drink during the day

• Load up on your probiotics and prebiotics

• Add a green or veggie juice/smoothie (morning and mid morning)

• Dry brushing

• Activated charcoal pills or powder (which you can add to your juice/smoothie)

• Your favorite detox pill (if you have one; if not then an activated charcoal pill or a digestive enzyme works)

• Book in a lymphatic drainage massage - a day before your flight

• HYDRATE HYDRATE HYDRATE

• Avoid breads/rice/grains/highly proceed foods/refined and proceed sugars/fried foods/foods high in sodium

On the day of travel:

• A veggie or green juice

• Have a cup of Bone broth

• Dry brushing

• WATER WATER WATER

• Light “fiber/nutrient dense” meal pre-flight or a your favorite smoothie

• Activated charcoal pills or powder in your smoothie OR digestive enzymes

• Prebiotics and probiotics

*This depends on what time your flight is so arrange your meals/drinks accordingly

Onboard the flight:

Being up in the air usually messes up your bowel movements and you feel bloated just being onboard - so try to walk around as much as you can (having a baby or toddler usually does the trick😂)

Avoid having a heavy meal onboard the flight - yes sometimes you crave the garlic bread have a bite or two just to get it out of your system but go for the yogurt - fruits or salads

• You can pack your own snacks usually the best way forward to help beat the bloat

• Stay away from those salt nuts and “fresh juices”

• Ask if they have a green juice most flights usually do and if not try to grab one from the airport before departure

• Same with a salad bowl if you find one

• If you really feel like having an airplane meal go ahead, you don’t have to stop yourself especially if you started to prep your body a few days before your trip

Post flight:

Try to maintain this after you’ve arrived for a day just to help things going and help you beat the bloat

• Charcoal pills/digest enzymes

• Water

• Herbal teas

• Greens and veggies

• Smoothies

• Broths

• Nutrient dense meals

If you’re trying this because you’ve been bloated for a while, you add your protein of choice to your salad or meals but avoid:

• Inflammatory oils

• Processed foods/snacks

• Processed and refined sugar

• Fruit juices

• You can also opt for a low FODMAP diet for a week just to get things back on track

Jawaher’s tip:

Don’t hold back when you’re on vacation, enjoy your time, the food and the company!

Take care of yourself because no one else will!

Your Health Coach Jawaher

** Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor or a medical professional or a nutritionist - I am a certified Holistic Health Coach and I’m sharing my tips and personal experiences