Tips for Staying Healthy on a Road Trip

If you follow a healthy whole-food diet all the time at home, but feel it is harder to stick to while you travel or while on a road trip, you are not alone!

Here are some tips and some of my favourite products I like to use while traveling:

1) Research Where You Are Going:

Every time I travel I check out Happy Cow to find out where all the plant-based restaurants and health food stores are in the city I will be visiting. If you don't find anything close by, you will still be able to eat out at most restaurants, I have found that the staff are always more than happy to accommodate. If you can, try to find accommodations with a kitchen, that way you can make a lot of your own food as well.

To make things easier and stress-free, you can even learn how to ask if something has dairy or is vegetarian in whatever the language is where you are visiting. 

2) Stay Hydrated:

There is nothing more exhausting than being dehydrated. Staying properly hydrated also allows for more efficient detoxification.

3) Drink Your Superfoods:

Powdered superfoods are easy to bring along with you anywhere you go, and all you need to use them is a liquid and shaker cup. Plus since they are so nutrient-dense and provide so many benefits they will help you feel fully energized and nourished, even if you do stray from your normal healthy diet once in awhile.

• ​Four Sigma Foods Mushroom Drink Powders are great for when you are craving a comforting hot drink. The antioxidant and adaptogenic properties provide support for times of stress and help keep you energized and feeling your best. Available as mushroom infused hot chocolates and herbal tea blends with a variety of different combinations including: licorice root, wild mint, rose hip, eleuthero, star anise.

• Pranin Organic Pure Food Nutrient Powders provide essential vitamins and minerals that you may not get enough of, especially when traveling. Available in convenient powders, you can easily add to fresh juices, smoothies, chia pudding, and even salad dressing. The best part about these products is that they are 100% food-based: no binders, fillers, or synthetically sourced vitamins or minerals. Learn more about the benefits of whole-food based supplements in my previous article on How to Choose High-Quality Supplements. The product line includes the A-Z which is a whole-food multivitamin, B Complex, Vitamin C, and Iron. The A-Z provides a great balance of all your vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants; the B Complex is essential for keeping your energy levels up and to help with stress; Vitamin C to support the immune system and also help with stress; and Iron to help maintain optimal levels of this important mineral in order to keep you energized. 

4) Stock Up on Healthy Snacks:

Some staples I like to bring along on road trips include chia seeds, hemp seeds, almond milk or coconut milk, and​ Ipanema Valley Fruit Brownies. 

• Chia seeds are great to have because chia pudding is so easy to make while you travel - just soak in water, coconut water, almond milk, or fresh juice and add your powdered superfoods, fresh fruit, and optional sweetener.
• Almond milk or coconut milk is nice to have for tea, matcha, Four Sigma Foods Hot Chocolate, chia pudding, and smoothies. 
• Hemp seeds can be sprinkled on salad or added to smoothies.
• Ipanema Valley Fruit Brownies are made from 100% compressed fruit - either banana, pineapple and banana, guava and banana, or fig and banana. They are very filling, delicious and provide a quick energy boost. Enjoy on their own, or add to smoothies, chia pudding, or dip into raw chocolate sauce.

Thank you so much to our sponsors, your products allowed us to stay healthy and energized during our trip. I only endorse products that I truly believe in, that meet my strict ingredient standards, and that I have personally used myself.