{"id":3352,"date":"2014-11-06T20:42:37","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T20:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/?p=3352"},"modified":"2025-01-23T15:13:31","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T15:13:31","slug":"do-you-have-a-job-that-requires-you-to-travel-frequently-or-are-you-simply-someone-who-loves-to-travel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/do-you-have-a-job-that-requires-you-to-travel-frequently-or-are-you-simply-someone-who-loves-to-travel\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you have a job that requires you to travel frequently or are you simply someone who loves to travel ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If the answer to\u00a0either\u00a0is yes, \u00a0here are some tips on how to prevent illnesses or other health complications while travelling.<\/p>\n<p><b>Be Selective About Your Meals<br \/>\n<\/b>Try to find out how your food was prepared. By eating or dining in well-established restaurants, which to be fair are usually a little more expensive, your\u00a0food\u00a0is likely to\u00a0have been better prepared and stored in more hygienic conditions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Avoid uncooked food<br \/>\n<\/b>Fruit\u00a0or salad\u00a0shouldn\u2019t be part of your diet while traveling, nor should uncooked vegetables\u00a0but if you can\u2019t avoid\u00a0them\u00a0make sure that\u00a0they are\u00a0thoroughly washed\u00a0in clean water\u00a0and fruit\u00a0and salad\u00a0is completely dried before you eat it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Avoid ice and straws<br \/>\n<\/b>Typhoid is normally transmitted through contaminated water and\u00a0although\u00a0most people usually remember to avoid\u00a0drinking\u00a0tap water when travelling, many forget that the ice in their cocktails is\u00a0more\u00a0often than not made from tap water.<\/p>\n<p><b>Seek out local foreigners<br \/>\n<\/b>Having a friend who is a \u2018local\u2019 can be helpful in identifying places which serve food that is free from disease and unhealthy bacteria.<\/p>\n<p><b>Bottled water<br \/>\n<\/b>Always carry your own bottled water and ensure that you use bottled water when brushing your teeth and keep your mouth closed when showering.<\/p>\n<p><b>Be cautious of the dairy<br \/>\n<\/b>Whilst delicious, these foods often harbor harmful bacteria.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the answer to\u00a0either\u00a0is yes, \u00a0here are some tips on how to prevent illnesses or other health complications while travelling. Be Selective About Your Meals Try to find out how your food was prepared. By eating or dining in well-established restaurants, which to be fair are usually a little more expensive, your\u00a0food\u00a0is likely to\u00a0have been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/do-you-have-a-job-that-requires-you-to-travel-frequently-or-are-you-simply-someone-who-loves-to-travel\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Do you have a job that requires you to travel frequently or are you simply someone who loves to travel ?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,24,6,30,23,25,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alc-health-news","category-alc-international-health-insurance-news","category-alc-travel-news","category-expat-alert","category-expat-global-health-news","category-global-health-news","category-global-health-options"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3352"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3612,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3352\/revisions\/3612"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchealth.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}