5 Simple But Essential Health Tools for Travelers

A list of some simple items to pack in your carry-on that will make life on the road a bit easier.

Reusable Water Bottle with Filter

A portable, reusable water bottle with a filter, is a travel essential, and should be in every traveler’s carry-on. There are many on the market today, from well-known brands as well as indie brands, which can be found on Kickstarter.

There are choices of material for the bottle, such as Polycarbonate, Aluminum, Stainless Steel & Glass. A good bet is a stainless steel bottle, as it weighs very little, and you don’t have to worry about chemicals leeching into your water. There are many plastic based bottles that have passed stringent SGS testing for FDA food contact safety, ans those can be good options as well. You want to look for a bottle that filters out Protozoan cysts & Bacteria. The OKO H2O Level-2 Advanced Filtration Water Bottle can be found on Amazon, and is a great option whether you’re going camping or exploring city sights.

Uncle Harry’s MIRACLE FRESH BREATH WAND

With this unique product, you use the applicator to gently brush your teeth, and the antibacterial solution will penetrate between your teeth and gums when you slowly rinse your mouth with water. After you’re done, just wash the brush and reinsert into the bottle. The Fresh Breath Wand is made up of all natural ingredients such as Calcium carbonate, sea salt, mustard seed, magnetic earth, alkalizing ionic minerals, colloidal silver water, essential oils of peppermint, eucalyptus, clove, wintergreen, and oregano.

This is such an easy way to freshen your mouth when in-flight or just stepping off the plane and speeding to your next client meeting.

Sleep Mask & Earplugs

Earplugs can be your savior in noisy environments like planes and airports, when you’re tired and need to catch some ZZZs.

Realistically, you’re supposed to sleep in complete silence, and even the slightest noise can disturb your sleep. Even if you don’t wake up from the noise, it can move you into lighter sleep, which does not contribute to good rest as well as deep sleep does.

Earplugs can be your best friend if you’re strapped for sleep, and not anywhere near your bedroom.

Multivitamin or Immune Booster

When you’re traveling, especially between time zones, your body undergoes more stress than normal. When stressed, your immune system has to work twice as hard to stave off illnesses and combat bacteria and viruses.

To help your body, and boost your immune system during stressful times, it’s a good idea to supplement with some immune enhancing vitamins. At your local pharmacy, you can easily find something that is either in pill or powder form, and even something that tastes good, and dissolves easily in your bottle of water.

Powder Mouthwash

It’s often very tough to travel with mouthwash, due to TSA restrictions. The 3.3oz mouthwash bottles sold at pharmacies can only last a couple of days, and who wants to travel with a stack of those?

These little packets are an amazing little magic wand for a clean mouth. They can pretty much be used anywhere, as you just tear open a packet of the powder, add some water, and you’ve got a single dose of mouthwash.

It contains a mild form of calcium peroxide, which safely gets rid of stains without damaging your enamel, and also sodium bicarbonate eliminates germs and plaque