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How to Defeat Jet Lag Once and For All
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The sluggishness, the twinkling stars in your vision, the flying pink elephants. You may have jet lag. If it’s something you dread, or even if it doesn’t bother you, many long-distance travelers consider it a bane to their traveling lifestyle.
The worst part about jet lag is, because so many factors affect its severity, you never know how bad you’ll get it. Some will defend their jet lag-free reputation, some will admit to being steamrolled by it for days or even weeks after the fact, but certainly no one can deny it exists. They’ve probably been there before.
In order to enjoy your trip in a maximum way staying well and healthy should be your M.O. Not to kill the nostagia, but a sunset just isn’t the same when you doubled over in pain from that fish taco you had for dinner. Of course a stomach ache is peanuts compared to other menaces lurking out there in the exotic twilight.
To assist you in the battle of the virus, with a little help from Dr. Dobrow at Safe Treks, I’ve prepared a guide to help you define and hopefully avoid some of the more widespread heath risks out there.
The first order of business is to make sure to protect yourself from getting sick before you get sick. A ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, so they say.
Current information regarding travel and swine flu.
Doctors dealing with swine flu have to dance between informing the world so people can protect themselves and causing people to visit doctors for anxiety attacks instead of the flu. Despite the rising numbers, many public health experts say they aren’t too worried for now.
Here are the sites we recommend turning to for current information about the swine flu.
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