Tips for frequent travelers on what to eat to maintain the health

People who have to travel frequently on business assignments or on company duties usually always leave their food habits back home. The reason is simple - they have to, perforce, go in for higher-calorie restaurant meals and blame it on hectic agendas, time changes, lack of proper sleep and long periods of sitting in airports on in meetings. Such tortures on one’s regular routines can have bad effect on the most disciplined eaters.
Research has revealed that people in this category namely, frequent business travelers who have to travel for 20 or more days a month were usually more than twice as likely to be obese than those who travelled at most six days each month. Moreover, those who travel extensively were also prone to be victims of high blood pressure and unfavorable cholesterol levels.
Hence, here are a few points to remember for frequent travelers –
Carry some snacks with you – this can fill nutrient gaps and curb hunger when you are in transit or in between meetings. Such an activity would be of great help in being in control of the situation and also help in controlling what is taken at lunch and dinner.
The healthy, non-perishable snacks like nuts, dried fruit, dark chocolate, or whole-food energy bars can be packed in the briefcase.
Other methods to achieve the objective are to manage intake of alcohol, not to ignore breakfast, to pump up the intake of protein like lean meat, chicken breast, fish, egg whites, and tofu. Moreover, going easy on caffeine and drinking plenty of water while traveling, especially on long flights, also help to keep fit while on the road.