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JUNE 2017

BON VOYAGE Gear up and get ready to go on a healthy summer vacation of your dreams.

KATIE JOHNS STAFF WRITER

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t’s easy to overlook your health when you’re planning your vacation.

The idea of sandy beaches,

majestic mountains and exciting adventures await following the cramped road trip, delayed airplane flight or choppy cruise.

But health is one thing that shouldn’t be set aside when you're trying to sidetrack your daily responsibilities for a little rest and relaxation.

The following are tips and tricks local health professionals have for three popular vacation travel options — cars, planes and cruises.

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Roadmap to healthy travel It’s easy to think traveling by car is the simplest. No long checkin lines or cramped cabins. You can travel at your own pace, and, there are no security checks to cramp your style.

But, car seats aren’t really that comfortable and seatbelts are constraining. Not to mention, fast-food chains pop up every few miles, tempting you and the youngsters with tasty treats.

To avoid those greasy fries, Dr. Jordan Keys, an assistant clinical professor at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in Bradenton, recommends filling plastic baggies with nuts, seeds, basic fruit and healthy snack bars. Even packing a cooler and filling it with veggies and hummus is a viable option. And when you do need to stop for a meal, check out Subway or Quizno’s, where you can make healthier choices, she said.

Keys said it’s easy to end up consuming too much salt while traveling, which will lead to bloating and irritability. So having water on hand at all times is important. And before arguing that drinking water will lead to more restroom breaks, take heed. Keys recommends stopping every two

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Airports can be overwhelming.

Security lines, baggage claims and flight delays are enough to make any traveler recoil in fear.

But one thing people can control, to a certain extent, is their health.

Like road trips, it’s important to get up and stretch out. A quick walk around the cabin or trip to the restroom can help get blood flowing. For people with a history of blood clots, pharmacist Alex Vazquez, an associate professor of pharmacy practice at LECOM, said if doctors can determine a previous flight caused blood clots, they can prescribe medication in advance of a flight. Compression stockings can also be helpful, he said. Keys said smokers and women, but specifically women on birth control or who are pregnant, need to be wary of clots.

Unlike cars, it’s harder to bring your own food into airports. A lot of people go for the quick, easy foods found in airports, but those aren’t the most healthy. Keys finds old habits die hard when nutrition and traveling come together.

“Part of that is a lot of people’s habits when they’re not traveling are not great, and so how do you [change] bad habits into good habits when traveling?”

The secret is trying to figure out what foods you can bring through security with you, Keys said. Fruit is an easy snack to throw in a bag, as well as nuts and trail mix. As for meals in the airport, Key has found that most airports have

salad and sandwich bars. She recommends finding those before you board so you can take them aboard your flight.

And as always, hydration is key. Keys recommends bringing an empty water bottle with you that will get through TSA, then find a water-bottle filling station, usually located near a drinking fountain. But drinking water isn’t the only step to staying hydrated when flying.

“The other thing, a side note on that, is to be mindful about alcohol consumption when you’re flying because you’re already prone to getting dehydrated. Alcohol

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to three hours to stretch anyway.

No matter how much car dancing you do, it is not stretching.

“Be the goofy-looking one who gets up and stretches on the side of the road periodically just so that when you do get to your final destination, you don’t end up with your back being out or [having] muscle spasms,” Keys said.

For Stacy Koski, a nurse with Passport Health Sarasota, hydration is No. 1. Blood clots are a concern, and hydration can prevent them from forming.

“Dehydration makes the blood thick like pudding,” she said.

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ONCE YOU’RE THERE You’ve made it! Your car trip and airplane ride went swimmingly. Now what?

Our health experts weighin on how to deal with health at your destination.

ALTITUDE SICKNESS: n Try Diamox. It reduces symptoms. n Let your body acclimate.

Don’t push yourself too hard the first day. n Stay hydrated.

WEATHER: n Take advantage of Google and look up the weather before you leave. n Layer clothing. If you leave Florida in a tank top, bring a sweater. n Bring sunscreen and don’t forget to reapply it. n Bring electrolyte replenishers if traveling to a tropical destination.

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consumption is only going to make you more dehydrated,” Key says.

Once boarded, germs come into play. Pack a small hand sanitizer container to take on board, and take a combination of zinc and vitamin C — think Airborne

products — to ward off infections.

“Zinc and vitamin C are two things that have been linked to decreasing the length of colds and viral infections, and so if you do catch something or if you are starting to get sick, it can be a good way to not have an infection or prolonged infection while traveling,” Keys said.

Vazquez said some data is lacking on over-the-counter prevention products like Airborne, but a study was recently published showing that vitamin D can also decrease the length of a cold. Vazquez also recommends Pepto Bismol for people who know they get travelers’ diarrhea and a stool softener for those who get travelers’ constipation.

As for prescribed medication, Keys reminds patients to bring their medications in the bottles they came in with the labels. Your carry-on should be full of items you need daily. Clothes can be replaced, pills cannot.

As for jet lag, Vazquez said there is sleep training travelers can do before they leave to get them close to the schedule of their destination. Depending on if you’re coming or going, delay when you go to bed a little more each night leading up to your trip.

Melatonin can help reset your internal clock, too.

“Sleep in general, when you’re traveling is important,” he said.

“Make sure you’re sleeping. The stress of not getting sleep when you’re traveling can decrease your immune system’s ability to prevent infection and cold and all that.”

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It can be easy to forget important documents and vaccinations when it seems like cruises have it all figured out for you. The food, the ports of call, and the activities are all planned. But health isn’t.

For not only cruises, but foreign travel in general, it’s worth checking into travel insurance.

Some credit card companies include international travel health medicine, Passport Health’s Koski said.

“If you have a heart attack and need to be airlifted off the boat, the international health insurance will cover that,” she said.

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travelers check with their cruise lines to see what kind of onboard medical support is available .

And don’t forget about vaccinations before traveling.

Koski warns that the government can restrict entry of a person if they haven’t had the yellow fever vaccine. Koski recommends people get vaccinated a month or two before their trip in case multiple vaccinations are needed.

As for fitness and nutrition, most cruises have endless options, but that can be a doubleedged sword. Utilize the tracks, the pools and workout rooms. As for the food, Keys recommends choosing one meal a day to splurge. Keys and Vazquez also remind patients to be mindful of the water source.

“You’re on vacation, so you should be able to be a little bit more liberated, but also remember that you’re going to feel better on vacation if you’re mindful of those things,” she said.

Perhaps Keys sums it up best.

“The best thing you can do when traveling in general is just basic care of yourself up until that point,” Keys said. “I mean sleeping regularly, exercising, eating healthy, all of those things are really going to make your immune system stronger and make you less likely to get sick while traveling so just basic health principles go a long way when traveling.”

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Namaste getaway There’s yoga and then there is Cathy Daley’s adventure yoga.

ANNA BRUGMANN STAFF WRITER

There’s a boat.

But not just any boat. It’s a Mediterranean gulet with huge, white billowing sails and a long, wide, wooden deck. The Mediterranean sea glitters against the Croatian shoreline as it weaves its way through the Dalmatian Islands.

It’s a picture of peace distilled and it’s just one of the adventure yoga retreats Cathy Daley offers through her studio, Alive with Yoga.

The trips started 14 years ago.

A native of South Africa, Daley thought it would be fun to bring Americans to Africa.

“So I did a safari yoga,” Daley said. “I kind of put it out there and there was so much interest … We went through wine country and doing yoga in the bush basically, which was super.”

Based on the popularity of yoga among his clients, Sarasota psychologist Daniel Van Ingen isn’t

surprised by the level of interest in the retreats.

“If you’re going to learn about a culture or visit a beautiful place and that’s part of the experience, then that can just add to the multifaceted experience,” he said.

“I’ve never met someone who left a yoga retreat and felt worse.”

He says that yoga has two important mental health benefits: It reduces stress and it increases happiness.

“Stress just builds up, and it’s sort of like that Jenga game — there’s an accumulated stress and … soon the Jenga blocks start to fall,” he said. “One of the things that it (yoga) can do is produce a calm state and stop the Jenga blocks from getting higher and higher and reset their emotional state. It reduces a lot of the symptoms that you see with anxiety like chest palpitations and shakiness.”

Van Ingen said people who go on yoga retreats typically come home feeling more hopeful because they have a renewed vision, new sense of optimism and a greater sense of purpose. This is largely due to a natural increase in serotonin, the chemical that regulates anxiety, happiness and mood, that occurs during yoga practice.

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Cathy Daley organized yoga retreats around the globe for those seeking a health-centered getaway.

Daley’s first yoga retreat was a success, but she found that only about half the people on the trip were interested in the yoga aspect of the adventure. Her yoga students brought friends and family, some of whom were more interested in the destination.

“What I discovered … is there is so much to do,” Daley said. “So we sort of squeezed yoga in, and half the people that came weren’t interested in yoga.”

But that didn’t bother Daley.

In fact, she said it makes the trips more inclusive.

“It’s really nice yoga environments, but then there is also a lot of things to do — kayaking, hiking. It’s sort of like yoga in the

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morning and evening and all these other things you can do when you want to do them,” Daley said.

It’s been over a decade since Daley launched her retreats. As the destinations have become more varied, including Costa Rica, Guatemala and Croatia, the trips have garnered a following.

“I have people now who say whatever you do, just put me down,” Daley said.

The trips run between $1,800 and $7,000 depending on the

destination. Daley handles all the logistics except airfare. But once your feet touch the ground, you’re under Daley’s stewardship.

“There hasn’t been one thing that I haven’t enjoyed, and there is nothing I can complain,” said Denise Baker.

Baker has been on two of Daley’s yoga-cations to Costa Rica and will be attending a retreat to Guatemala in September.

Some might argue that spending thousands of dollars to do yoga seems silly. After all, you can do yoga in Sarasota. But Baker said there is something special about being confronted by nature.

“I think really it’s that time you allow yourself to be with nature and others and you forget about news and structure and all the trappings that stress us,” Baker said. “We all want the same things, really. We want to be joyful. We want to be calm. We want to be loved and sometimes we need to get away to do it.”

But for Baker it’s not just about the destinations. It’s about the people.

“A bunch of us now have become connected as friends because you spend the week with people and you really get to know them,” Baker said. “You listen to howler monkeys and watch birds and you figure out some things about yourself that you’re joyful about that you didn’t think about before.”

Daley understands how the idea of a yoga retreat could be intimidating to some — whether the source is the idea of going to a different country or culture or a lack of yoga experience.

However, she said she believes the experience boils down to one thing.

“Just have some trust,” Daley said. “Just trust.”

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Stay home! Enjoy Sarasota’s assets like a vacationer No need to pack and fly away for great outdoor activities and locations.

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t lacks the panache of packing a globe-trotting bag and sliding into a front-of-the-airplane seat, bound for an exciting vacation destination.

But look around. Sarasota is one those exciting destinations to the crowds of people who touch down at the Sarasota aiport every day.

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Celery Fields, 6893 Palmer Blvd.: 300 acres with walking trails and (no kidding) a hill climb.

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Myakka River State Park, 13208 State Road 72: Before condos, Wawas and golf courses ruled Florida, this 58-square mile place is what Florida looked like — wetlands, open spaces and shady hammocks. Carved through it are trails for casual strolls, hikes and off-road cycling. There’s also pavement suitable for road bikes.

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Don’t leave without checking out the 25-foot high canopy trail, which traverses 100 feet to a 75foot observation tower. And bring $6 for the per-car admission fee. Top Tip: This is a popular place with those other staycating residents — alligators. Heed the warning signs.

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There are bound to be far more destinations and routes around the Sarasota area, but it’s probably easier to start with the paddle-trail areas listed on the county’s paddle guide. Visit scgov.net/WaterRecreation/ Pages/PaddleGuide.aspx.

Start simple: Try a lap or two around the lake at Nathan Benderson Park along Interstate 75 south of University Parkway.

More adventurous? Check out the Sarasota Bay Trail, which starts near the Manatee County line and works its south toward downtown and across the bay.

Launch from Phillippi Estate Park (5500 S. Tamiami Trail), and you have options. Head up Phillippi Creek for an in-town adventure or head down the narrow section of Sarasota Bay and Little Sarasota Bay between Siesta Key and the mainland.

There’s also Myakka State Park, along State Road 72 east of Sarasota, and Oscar Scherer State Park on U.S. 41, south of Sarasota. At both sites, you’ll pay $6 per car to enter. Canoe or kayak rentals are $20 an hour, with additional hours at $5 each.

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The boarding passes are printed, the bags are packed and the Uber to the airport has been called. Everything seems to be in order for the trip, but then it happens: A second look at the amenities shows the alarming absence of a hotel gym.

Have no fear. We spoke to three professionals who are well-versed in staying healthy while traveling.

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Real estate pro Ian Black opts to walk the golf course while on he is vacation.

IAN BLACK

Ian Black, owner of boutique commercial real estate brokerage company Ian Black Real Estate, maintains a strict exercise routine. But when it comes to traveling, he likes to give himself a break.

During an average work week, Black works out for at least 20 minutes every morning, rotating between cycling, swimming, cardio and then “filling in” with golf on other days. However, he often skips the gym when he leaves town. During vacations Black turns to golf as his go-to exercise by forgoing the cart and walking the course.

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“I think it’s the thing that kept me reasonably physically fit,” Black said of ditching the cart while golfing recently in Ireland.

“Not only are you walking in fresh air and going up hills and down hills, it’s a pleasure.”

He also opts for more active vacations, particularly to destinations where he can enjoy bike rides, walks and other physical activities, such as tai chi.

If he’s going on a cruise, however, he said he’ll hit the gym because there are fewer options available.

“I don’t think I would be going on a coach tour … yet,” he said with a laugh. “As time goes on and as we age a little bit our activity levels may reduce, but we would still be focusing on an active vacation.”

Black maintains a pescatarian, carb-rich diet, but he likes to indulge on trips. To do so, he often increases his protein intake, eats fewer carb-rich foods and forgoes social drinking for about 30 days leading up to his departure. This way, he said he feels like his body is prepared and hopefully he’ll bounce back quicker when he gets home.

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“The name of the game is balance. Health is very important because without it, there’s no way I could do what I do and travel and be a good mom and be a good, strong leader in my family.”

When traveling, Kimberly Manooshian scopes out fresh markets.

KIMBERLY MANOOSHIAN

When Kimberly Manooshian was a junior in college, she tasted her first canned vegetable. She was not impressed.

Manooshian grew up on a farm in Prince George, Va., where she ate fresh fruits and vegetables from the family garden. Today, she’s a mom of two boys who eat a “rainbow” of fruit every morning — usually courtesy of Whole Foods, but nonetheless fresh.

She’s also a full-time businesswoman working for both Selah Freedom and her own event planning company, and she travels two to three times a year for work and to run a half or full marathon.

Whether she’s traveling for work or pleasure, she commits to three habits religiously: running for exercise, drinking plenty of water — ideally a gallon a day — and sticking to the fruit and vegetable-based diet she maintains at home.

Manooshian says her must-pack items are her running clothes and glass water bottle, so it’s no surprise that her first instinct after checking into a hotel

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is to go for a run. She determines the location of the nearest Whole Foods or other fresh market, where she stocks up on salad, wraps — anything fresh.

However, maintaining her diet is hard when she’s surrounded by delicacies she’s itching to try. Manooshian usually allows herself to indulge in one meal at a restaurant boasting local fare.

She couldn’t go to New Orleans without trying Creole cuisine, after all.

“The name of the game is balance,” she says. “Health is very important because without it, there’s no way I could do what I do and travel and be a good mom and be a good, strong leader in my family.”

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The background noise of a 14-month-old’s squeals turning to screams on a phone call with attorney Casey Colburn gives an accurate peek into his hectic life.

Colburn, a principal with The Colburn Firm PL and full-time dad, splits his time between Sarasota and Washington, D.C., where he travels several times a month for work.

“Lately, the thing that keeps me in shape is packing a toddler along for the ride,” he said.

That toddler is his daughter, Cecily, and chasing her down airplane aisles and pushing her stroller around the streets of D.C. is his primary form of exercise. He jokes that he’s usually “allergic” to exercise, but traveling with Cecily caused Colburn to change his travel habits, like forgoing taxis to walk everywhere he can and remembering to wear or pack comfortable shoes for said treks.

After 55 flights with Cecily, Colburn has it down to a science.

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Casey Colburn jets off with daughter Cecily Colburn on April 27.

burn prepares Cecily various healthy snacks, such as edamame, fruits, vegetables and dried yogurt. For himself, he packs several Clif Bars and other protein bars to stay energized.

When he reaches their destination, Colburn likes to eat the local grub, but he stays away from most fried food and focuses on portion control when he eats out.

“Like Pappadeaux in New Orleans — you’re going to get six portions with every order,” he said. “You don’t want to eat all six if you’re trying to stay healthy.”

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Within the first couple of months, I was. Then just getting stronger.

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