Your Holiday Essentials

So you’ve packed your passport, swim suit and sunglasses, don’t forget you may need to look after your health on the go too!

With summer around the corner you may be planning your next adventure. To help ensure your travels go as smoothly as possible, here are our top travel essentials.

Probiotics

Travellers’ diarrhoea is among the most frequent illnesses experienced by travellers, analyses have shown that the majority of cases are caused by bacterial infections. Probiotic supplements may shorten the duration of illness, a high intake of probiotic strains such as L. acidophilus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium bifidum are associated with significantly lower incidence of travellers’ diarrhoea when compared with placebo. These probiotic strains can squeeze out any pathogenic bacteria you may be exposed to. Start taking 2 weeks before your trip, this allows sufficient time for the beneficial bacteria to colonize the gut and provide assistance.

Citricidal

Recent testimonials found grapefruit-seed extract, or GSE (Citricidal) to be effective against more than 800 bacterial and viral strains, 100 strains of fungus, and a large number of single and multicell parasites. (1). GSE works by disrupting the bacterial membrane and liberating the fluid contents after contact even at dilute concentrations. Citricidal has many different applications for protecting you against infections, it can even be used to clean surfaces or to sterilize tooth brushes when travelling. Screened for contaminants, our best-selling formula is guaranteed for safety and quality, so you can have peace of mind*.

Immune Effervescent

Hydration is a cornerstone of good health. Adding immune system-loving nutrients to your water including vitamin D, zinc, vitamin C and black elderberry not only ensures your water intake is optimal, it also provides what your immunity needs to be at its best. Concerned about plane travel or shared spaces interrupting the start of your holiday? This is a handy travel sized tube to pop in hand luggage to keep you topped up on your essential defence nutrients.

Astaxanthin & Blackcurrant

Derived from fresh water algae, this dark red pigment gives salmon, shrimp, krill and flamingos their distinctive pink colour. Astaxanthin (pronounced asta-zan-thin) is believed to be many times more powerful than vitamin E, and beta carotene in mopping up damaging free radicals caused by UV sunlight, this light is partly responsible for skin ageing and can damage the eyes. One study found benefits from taking just 4mg daily. Great news for sun lovers or those in high pollution environments.

We have combined astaxanthin with even more antioxidant protection from blackcurrants which contain the plant pigments anthocyanidins, polyphenols and vitamin C along with tomato powder- a natural source of lycopene. Small clinical studies in healthy volunteers show that taking lycopene daily for 12 weeks, in the form of tomato paste or a tomato extract, may provide some protection against sunburn when compared to baseline or control.

Remember to keep all supplements out of direct sunlight and away from moisture. Have a great holiday.

If you are taking any medications or have further questions please contact nutritionsuppot@highernature.com

1. The effectiveness of processed grapefruit-seed extract as an antibacterial agent: II. Mechanism of action and in vitro toxicity: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12165191/