We live in a very mobile society
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and sometimes changing time
zones many thousands of miles
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leaves us in very much
less than optimum health.
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If you've had this
problem you might like
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to hear some of the tips
that we are going to give
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on how to deal with
traveling from place to place.
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Welcome to Help Yourself To
Health with Dr. Agatha Thrash
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Of Uchee Pines Institute and now
here is your host Dr. Thrash.
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Of course everybody knows that
well in advance of the travel
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one should be well packed
and everything to be relaxed,
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but as it happens a lot of
the time, we don't have really
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a lot of time before
the traveling is to be done
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to do the packing.
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So packing sometimes results
in just things thrown together,
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but if there is any possible
way, you should spend some time
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and use some
care in your packing.
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Pack the kind of clothing that
will be specific for the area
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where you are going,
not necessarily where
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you are leaving from.
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You leave in that kind of
clothing, but lets say you leave
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in hot weather, but
where you are going,
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it's immediately cold weather.
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When you get off the plane
you are going to be in icy cold
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weather, so you must take
something in your carry on
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to use at the time you are in
an airport in a foreign country
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or in a distant
place, if it is cold there.
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Always expect that
where you are going,
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the weather is
going to be more severe
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than where you just left.
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If it is hot, you plan things
that are more light weight,
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much more light weight.
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If it is cold things that
are much more heavy weight,
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so that you won't be
cold or you won't be hot.
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It's just as important to stay
cool, as it is to stay warm.
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When we go to another place
and we are very upset because
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of extreme heat, this can
be just as upsetting to the
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way you feel, as being
shivering and trembling because
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it's very cold where you are.
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When you are on the plane
you need to be careful not to
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have tight clothing.
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Tight clothing can
become very uncomfortable,
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particularly if you have
some distention of the abdomen
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during the flight, so first
thing is to make certain that
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your clothes are loose
when you are traveling.
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Be sure that they
cover the legs well.
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Women should have wide skirts
so that they cover the legs well
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and give plenty of
freedom in the travel,
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without being in other people's
way, or hanging up on something.
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That can be very helpful
for you with your clothing.
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In planning the kind
of clothing that you take,
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always take something light
and helpful to wear on the plane
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without over-burdening
yourself, or freezing your arms,
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so take a little
sweater, or take some slippers,
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so that as soon as
you get on the plane,
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you can remove your shoes
and relax, and be comfortable
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in slippers that
you can slip into.
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Some airlines actually furnish
these things for people so that
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they don't have to
bring those things with them.
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For warmth, not only something
that you can put on your arms,
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but also something that you
can wrap around if necessary,
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and that may be a jacket,
or that may be a blanket.
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Blankets are usually furnished
by airlines and you can get them
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quite easily.
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Sometimes you may want to
pack actually a travel bag.
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A travel bag can
furnish those things for you
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while you are on the trip,
as well as things that you get
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when you are
immediately after you get there.
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Dr. Don Miller has done
quite a lot of world traveling,
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and he can tell you something
about the way he packs a
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travel bag, Dr. Miller.
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Well it sounds like you are
familiar with traveling too.
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A little bit.
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You know sometimes
when you leave Alabama,
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where its almost always hot,
without thinking about where you
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are going it's not
going to be that way,
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and I for some
reason do this all the time.
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I pack for Alabama,
and I end up in Siberia,
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and I think why did I do this,
no sweaters, no sweatshirts,
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no warm clothes, no long johns,
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it gets to be
pretty uncomfortable.
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One of the first
things that you need to do,
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is you should make yourself
a packing list, that you have
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all the time, I've
got one on my computer.
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It tells me don't
forget! as a matter of fact,
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when I get ready to go
on a trip, after I've packed
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even if I've gone over the list,
I sit there and say ok, my head,
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do I have any hats, ties,
shirts, jackets, belts, trousers
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socks, shoes, those
are important things.
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So have a list to pack by.
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But this travel kit is
very, very, very important.
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Things that you have with
you when you are in the middle
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of the travel
experience, now it depends on
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what you are traveling on.
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When I go to Eastern Europe,
I do a lot of traveling on a
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train, and there are certain
thing that you really want to
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have when you are on that train.
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I like to carry with me
some of these little clean wipes
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that you can wipe your hands
with, you can wipe the toilets
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with, you wipe door knobs with.
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I use these a lot, and I buy
them in these little individual
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dispensers, I used to
carry a big tube of them but,
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I found that the tube, when
you get them in the luggage,
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if it gets pushed, it
pops open and dries out,
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and also leaks out when
it's still wet on your clothes,
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so I buy a lot of these.
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I also carry with me, in my
luggage, this is going back to
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the luggage, not
so much my travel bag.
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I will get a whole
box of zip lock bags,
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and I will stuff some
of my clothes in there,
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and the rest I will just
strew around in my luggage,
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because it's amazing
how handy they come in,
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when you are
traveling somewhere,
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and they make great gifts,
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A really good zip-lock
bag, when you are in a country
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that does not have them
is a treasure for the people.
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When I am traveling,
I make sure I have some
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really good ear
plugs, as a matter of fact,
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I don't just take a pair,
I take a box of ear plugs,
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because one of our missions,
when we are traveling is to be
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a blessing to other
people who are traveling.
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What a blessing to take out
of your little box two clean
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earplugs and offer them to
your seat mate, or offer them to
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somebody else in the airplane.
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It can be a blessing for them,
but I roll them up and poke them
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into my ears, they swell up,
and the sound gets very muffled
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people are around
doing all their stuff,
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and I can go right through it.
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I also carry
with me an eye mask.
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Basically just a mask without
the holes like the Lone Ranger
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but you just put
them over your head,
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therefore you've now
got a dark field, you've got
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your ear plugs in,
everything is dark and quiet,
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very nice to sleep.
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I also carry in
my carry on baggage,
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a pair of slippers of some sort.
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As soon as I get on the airplane
I take off my shoes, I put on
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the slippers, now Dr. Thrash
has mentioned that sometimes
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they supply, but what they
always supply is little socks,
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and I do not want to walk into
that bathroom wearing a pair of
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socks, and so I
put on my slippers,
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usually a pair of
thongs, something I can wear
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in other places, like if
I am going to be showering,
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like shower shoes, rubberized
shoes, very nice to travel with,
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so you want to
have those with you.
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I carry some business cards,
I carry them in a little folder
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where I've got my cards, and on
the other side of the business
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cards, I have some encouraging
scripture type cards,
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so I can share these with
people, and I've got a place
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to put their cards if
we start up a conversation,
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and a relationship, they know
who I am, I know who they are,
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and we can continue
what we started right there.
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But to give somebody a promise,
I like to get these really nice!
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You can get them in Bible
Stores, Religious Book Stores,
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little cards with a
very nice picture on.
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One that I like very much is a
picture of Jesus holding a man,
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and the man is sort of slumped,
in one hand he has a mallet
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and the other hand he has a
spike, and Jesus is holding him
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and the man is weeping, and
if you give that to somebody,
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even if they can't read it,
it's in English, and they are in
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Russia, it can be a blessing
to them, and so I recommend
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you carry some of
those with you too.
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I also carry with me, some
little, these are Shout wipes
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there are other types of wipes,
that if you get a stain on your
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clothing, right away
you can treat that stain,
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rather than go
through the entire trip,
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because when we travel, we've
got a limited amount of clothing
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this way you can treat it right
away, and keep from ruining
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your trip because
you've got not enough clothes.
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I also carry with
me, bottled water.
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Make sure that when you
carry the bottled water,
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you buy it at the store, and
the seal has not been broken.
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If you have taken your
bottle like I like to do,
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at Uchee Pines we
got fantastic water...
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fill it up, put the lid on...
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You get to the airport,
they don't know what is in that
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bottle, they will
have you drink half of it
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or just discard the whole thing.
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So make sure that you've got
the completely sealed bottles,
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so they will look at
that and see that the seal
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has not been broken, and
I will take three or four.
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It's not just for the trip,
you want to stay well hydrated
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on your trip.
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You can get water from
the airplane, but if you want
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some extra, I take
mine, but you also want water
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for when you arrive
to where you are going.
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Let's say I want to set
it up in Zahirabad, India
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there's no place around
there to buy water, where I was
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but I had a
couple bottles of my own.
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Now! When we are
talking about water,
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be careful of
what water you buy.
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I was leaving Austria
one time to go up to Germany
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and was flying back from
Germany, and I had a very large,
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I think it was a two
liter bottle of this very nice,
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mineral water, which was,
they called it gassed water
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or fizzy water,
or carbonated water.
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I had this in the
airplane, it was rolling around
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at my feet for awhile,
we landed in Amsterdam.
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We take off from Amsterdam,
about 20,000 feet I started
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to feel a little bit thirsty
so I bring up this great big
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bottle of fizzy water,
sit it between my legs,
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and I break the seal, now
you might know what happened
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at that point, I got a
complete shower all in my lap,
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so make sure you don't
carry fizzy water on the plane.
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You want straight water, it will
be a whole lot more convenient
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for you when you
up about 20,000 feet,
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with all the pressures, and
all the shaking of the thing.
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I also carry with
me in my carry on bag,
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is a change of clothing.
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It's not just for my
computer, and my camera,
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and things like this, because
if my luggage ends up missing
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somewhere, I want to enough
clothing with me to get me
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through the night, so I
have my pajamas in there,
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I have a full
change of clothing,
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I've got my most important
things in my carry on bags.
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I get it in my mind, ok,
my goal is that everything is
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going to arrive, my
expectation is that all is
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going to arrive is
me and my carry on,
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that way I've got what
I need when I get there.
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I also carry some
literature for people.
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Literature about any spiritual
subject, that you can share
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with them, as you are
going through your experience.
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I also carry some
type of snacking foods.
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Sometimes in the airlines,
either you are not fed,
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or you are fed..., you
put I for your vegan meal
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and they come by
and say like this.
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Do you want pork or fish?
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I say well I
asked for a vegan meal,
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and so you are not
down for a vegan meal.
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So it's nice for you
to open up your carry on,
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your little travel kit,
and pull out some Granola,
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or some travel mix,
or some nice things.
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You don't want to
eat heavy in an airplane,
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You want to eat very light,
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but you might
want to eat something.
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I also carry some melatonin,
with me, which I will talk about
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in a few minutes, but
it's nice to have melatonin.
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If you are
flying east especially,
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when I'm flying east,
which means you are going
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into the sun, which is usually
you are flying at night time
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across the Atlantic Ocean.
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I get on the airplane, I get
settled in about two hours later
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I take a melatonin, trying to
sleep for that extremely short
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night, because you
have a long day ahead of you
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once you get there.
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I also carry with me, and this
is sort of a strange things to
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carry, I carry a harmonica.
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It's amazing sometimes
when you get into a flight,
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and you got some fussy
child sitting right next to you
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and they just can't be still,
you start playing a harmonica
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they get completely quiet
and watch what you are doing.
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I think people like to
hear some sounds, you may not
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be able to play the harmonica,
but if I can play the harmonica,
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you can play the harmonica.
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Just get one and start blowing
and drawing, and pretty soon
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you're going to find that you
can play that thing quite well.
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There are some of
the simple things,
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one other thing
I want to mention.
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If you travel a lot to the
same country, I travel a lot
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to the country of Ukraine.
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What I've done this last time
I went there, when I was going
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through customs, I
got a few sheets of their
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custom declaration forms,
so now I have them at my home.
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I'm leaving for Ukraine again
soon, I can take out that form
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have it completely itemized
before I even leave my house
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to get to Kiev, instead of
waiting in these long lines
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while everyone is
filling their things out,
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I go straight up to the counter
give them my customs declaration
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show them my passport, with
my visa's and breeze on through.
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One other thing, when you
are packing your suitcase,
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keep and itemized list of
everything you are packing.
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Especially things that
you might want to declare,
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or someone might
wonder where you got that.
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You don't have to list all your
pairs of socks, and how many
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shirts, but anything that
is electronic, anything that is
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hardware, you want to
list this on a sheet of paper,
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because the next time
you go across another border,
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you want an itemized list
of what you have with you,
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because it will make things
a whole lot more pleasant.
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Traveling is a great experience,
when you are out there traveling
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remember that your are
representing not America,
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you are
representing Jesus Christ.
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And Dr. Thrash, I think that's
exactly what God wants us to do,
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to be good
representatives of Him.
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Yes travel is for some people
a great blessing, a great joy
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and a nice time, but
for others like myself,
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it's not the very nicest.
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I always travel with a good
bit of discomfort, and wish I
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could do what I need to
do over there, at my home.
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One of the things that can make
travel a lot easier for you,
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is that of the
food that you eat.
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For about a week
before you go into a trip,
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especially if you are the kind
of person that gets motion sick,
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make your food very light.
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Especially don't
eat very heavy fats,
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you may eat a few nuts,
but don't eat a lot of nuts,
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because they can
be pretty heavy foods.
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All kinds of free
fats margarine, mayonnaise,
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fried foods, cooking
fats, salad oils, all of these
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are very heavy foods, they
tend to make it so that you are
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more likely to get
sick at the stomach,
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if you have the
tendency to be motion sick.
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In addition to that,
on the day of the flight,
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try to figure out when
the next meal will be for you.
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You simply figure how many hours
it is going to take you to go
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the next place, and then you
decide if they will be eating
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at X hour, which for me is Y
hour, so it's wise if you take
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that meal at Y hour, instead
of at your regular meal time.
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Then your next meal, unless
it's in the night on the plane,
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then you eat that also at the
next scheduled time for them,
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where you are going.
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If night catches you,
and you are on the plane
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during the night, they're
going to offer you some foods,
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sometime during the night.
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Refuse that food, you
will do far better if you do.
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Your jet lag will be a lot less
severe, you will have a lot less
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gastrointestinal distress if
you simply say no to that food.
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Then with the meals
that you eat on the plane,
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before and after, if you will
very carefully regulate this
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you will suffer
much less from jet lag.
00:17:02.16\00:17:04.21
Now Dr. Miller will tell
you another aspect that's
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very important about
traveling, Dr. Miller.
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- You know another
thing that she reminded me of,
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while she was talking,
is when I travel at night,
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she says when they
offer you the meal, refuse it.
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Often, they are going to wake
you up to offer you the meal.
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I like to carry with
me a Do Not Disturb sign,
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and I hang it
right around my neck,
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It's right on my chest,
so I'm sitting there asleep,
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it's on top of the
blanket, Do Not Disturb,
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and they will not disturb you,
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I think thats is a
really good suggestion.
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Dr. Thrash has mentioned
a term called "jet lag. "
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It's a problem that we go
through, it doesn't have to be
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jet lag, it could be changing
to daylight savings time lag.
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Just changing one hour
has a profound effect upon our
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circadian rhythms
upon our whole body,
00:17:54.56\00:17:56.67
and basically jet
lag is a violation of our
00:17:56.70\00:17:59.87
circadian rhythm, it's an
assault against our system,
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and we've got to learn
how to recover from it.
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The first thing
that I would recommend,
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if you are going to
do international travel,
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especially flying east,
which I've already mentioned,
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it's the hardest
way, try to arrive early.
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I don't mean two hours
early, I mean a few days early,
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because, it will
take you a few days...
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It takes about a week to
get over the critical effects
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of jet lag, and a month to
get over the entire residuals,
00:18:26.24\00:18:29.91
of the jet lag, and so you want
to arrive a few days earlier
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that you can sit
there and relax, and
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not have to have
your mind very sharp.
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Not long ago, I flew
to Japan, from Cincinnati
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to Atlanta, to
Tokyo, that was a long trip.
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I got picked up in Tokyo, and
was taken, and within two hours
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of arriving at my hotel, I
was standing in front of a group
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of people speaking, I
was really in bad shape.
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The Lord give grace in these
times, and I was able to think
00:18:57.42\00:19:00.53
clearly, and speak clearly,
but after the meeting was over,
00:19:00.56\00:19:04.70
I was totally exhausted, and
I don't really want to do that
00:19:04.73\00:19:08.77
type of a program again,
although I will have gotten
00:19:08.80\00:19:11.12
calls upon me to do
it exactly that way.
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But what can you do about
jet lag when you arrive at your
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destination you want to
get outside in the sunshine,
00:19:16.72\00:19:20.15
and get some exercise.
00:19:20.18\00:19:21.71
I will say if you are flying
west, coming back from Europe
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to America, you usually
arrive in the mid-afternoon,
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it will take you
awhile to get to your home,
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what I usually try to do, is
do a few things and go to bed
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at a normal time, like 8:00,
8:30, or 9:00, and get myself
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back on to my schedule, it's
very much easier to get on to
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your schedule going
west, than it is east.
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Going East you have a very
short night, and an extremely
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long day, because you are
always flying at night time
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going over west.
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So, get some
sunshine, get some exercise,
00:19:51.53\00:19:54.13
resist the temptation
to take a sleeping aid,
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anywhere along here.
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The melatonin is just
fine, it will naturally help you
00:19:58.75\00:20:01.94
get some rest.
00:20:01.97\00:20:03.09
I like to take that
myself, but no sleeping aids
00:20:03.12\00:20:05.50
if you can't sleep, at
that night of the flight,
00:20:05.53\00:20:08.68
or the next night, let
your body naturally take over
00:20:08.71\00:20:11.71
stay away from alcohol,
stay away from caffeine,
00:20:11.74\00:20:14.35
stay away from nicotine, all
these things are extremely bad
00:20:14.38\00:20:18.08
for jet lag situations,
you don't want those things.
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You want to, as we've
already mentioned twice,
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keep yourself well hydrated,
especially a few days before
00:20:23.89\00:20:28.11
going on your trip.
00:20:28.14\00:20:29.68
Before you go on the trip
you want to be well hydrated,
00:20:29.71\00:20:32.07
you want to be well rested.
00:20:32.10\00:20:34.24
If you are like me, you
are packing the night before
00:20:34.27\00:20:38.56
you leave, in the
morning you are leaving,
00:20:38.59\00:20:40.15
you are throwing the stuff
in the suitcase, and you are
00:20:40.18\00:20:42.13
getting all stressed out.
00:20:42.16\00:20:43.17
If you could pack a week ahead
of time, or at least 3 or 4 days
00:20:43.20\00:20:47.54
ahead of time, and those
last few days are restful,
00:20:47.57\00:20:51.13
getting ready to go days,
that's the best way to do it.
00:20:51.16\00:20:54.49
That way you don't have all the
stress along with your travel.
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Eat light, don't take the light
meal, arrive early, exercise,
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simple, simple things, and I
find that when I follow these
00:21:04.83\00:21:07.95
myself, I don't have the major
problems with jet lag, although
00:21:07.98\00:21:11.82
I'm still going to meet it,
because I violated my own body's
00:21:11.85\00:21:15.22
constitution, but it can be very
kind to us, if we do it with
00:21:15.25\00:21:20.07
some moderation, and do it with
these simple things in mind.
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Dr. Thrash,
does it work for you?
00:21:23.04\00:21:25.53
Oh yes, those
things work for me,
00:21:25.56\00:21:27.25
but I still don't enjoy
the traveling over many miles
00:21:27.28\00:21:32.21
and a lot of time zones.
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One of the things that
you can always benefit from,
00:21:34.39\00:21:38.61
is an understanding of light.
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Light that comes into your eyes,
sets your circadian rhythm.
00:21:42.35\00:21:48.77
The circadian rhythm is that
biological time clock that's
00:21:48.80\00:21:52.05
built around a day.
00:21:52.08\00:21:53.64
It takes 24 hours for
us to complete one cycle.
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The circadian rhythm can be
set somewhat by what you do.
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If you have figured out
what time it's going to be,
00:22:03.55\00:22:07.29
in the place of your destination
then figure back to what time
00:22:07.32\00:22:11.14
that would be where you
are now, and so you simply
00:22:11.17\00:22:15.65
advance or retreat in
the time to agree with
00:22:15.68\00:22:21.66
where you are going,
and then when it gets dark,
00:22:21.69\00:22:24.72
in the place
where you are going,
00:22:24.75\00:22:26.10
especially when it gets to
be bed time, put on some kind
00:22:26.13\00:22:29.35
of blinder or eye mask
as Dr. Miller mentioned,
00:22:29.38\00:22:33.76
that can make it
so your eyes are dark,
00:22:33.79\00:22:37.26
even if you can't sleep, you
still need to have the darkness.
00:22:37.29\00:22:42.80
Then when you take the mask off,
if you can leave it on until
00:22:42.83\00:22:50.65
it's time to be daylight on the
other side where you are going,
00:22:50.68\00:22:54.73
then take the
mask off at the time
00:22:54.76\00:22:58.14
of daylight, in that country.
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.45
When you get there, you
may need a flashlight, because
00:23:00.48\00:23:01.45
it's true, even though you
have taken these precautions,
00:23:01.48\00:23:08.97
you've eaten on their schedule,
you've darkened your eyes
00:23:09.00\00:23:12.03
on their schedule, even so you
may still wake up in the night
00:23:12.06\00:23:16.93
when you should be sleeping,
and you are wide awake.
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.96
There's no way you can sleep,
00:23:19.99\00:23:21.70
and you don't want
to turn the lights on,
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.46
so you just lie
there miserable in bed.
00:23:23.49\00:23:26.31
So if you have a flashlight,
00:23:26.34\00:23:27.88
that could be
very helpful to you,
00:23:27.91\00:23:29.51
it makes it so that you don't
have to turn all the lights
00:23:29.54\00:23:32.03
on in order to at least
just look at your watch,
00:23:32.06\00:23:34.33
or look over some notes, or
read a passage in the Bible,
00:23:34.36\00:23:39.00
or whatever may be
your desire at the moment.
00:23:39.03\00:23:43.80
With the water, the
water is of course for you
00:23:43.83\00:23:47.97
to stay well hydrated.
00:23:48.00\00:23:48.97
One of the reasons for
you to stay well hydrated,
00:23:49.00\00:23:51.97
is to avoid travel strokes.
00:23:52.00\00:23:54.11
These are getting to be
quite an important cause
00:23:54.14\00:23:57.26
of disability today.
00:23:57.29\00:23:59.05
Travel strokes can be
avoided to a large degree,
00:23:59.08\00:24:04.75
if a person will do two things.
00:24:04.78\00:24:06.29
Number one, they
drink plenty of water.
00:24:06.32\00:24:09.00
How much is that?
00:24:09.03\00:24:10.17
It's enough to produce around
two quarts of urine a day,
00:24:10.20\00:24:15.14
well you have no way to
measure, is there another way
00:24:15.17\00:24:20.08
that you can tell?
00:24:20.11\00:24:21.08
Yes, about the color of
the urine, that's a good way.
00:24:21.10\00:24:25.46
So if you know that the
urine should be pale in color,
00:24:25.49\00:24:28.50
it should not be
entirely water colored, but
00:24:28.53\00:24:30.84
it should certainly not be dark,
00:24:30.87\00:24:32.73
then that's about the
color that the urine should be,
00:24:32.76\00:24:36.18
and you are well hydrated,
if you can achieve that.
00:24:36.21\00:24:39.10
The second
thing, is you must move.
00:24:39.13\00:24:42.25
Now move in an airline seat!
There you are just crowded into
00:24:42.28\00:24:48.83
it, and a person is
here, and a person is there
00:24:48.86\00:24:51.30
how can you move.
00:24:51.33\00:24:52.44
Well there are certain
ways, one is you can yawn,
00:24:52.47\00:24:55.41
just take a big, big breath
and try your best to yawn,
00:24:55.44\00:24:59.87
and then another thing is you
can just raise your hands right
00:24:59.90\00:25:03.12
up over your head.
00:25:03.15\00:25:04.17
That's your space up
there, so you raise your hands,
00:25:04.20\00:25:06.63
and you stretch
upwards, as much as you can.
00:25:06.66\00:25:09.32
Then if you can't go any
farther, you just squeeze,
00:25:09.35\00:25:14.23
squeeze your shoulder
muscles, squeeze your arms,
00:25:14.26\00:25:17.30
your hands, then your abdominal
muscles, your back muscles,
00:25:17.33\00:25:21.37
then the legs, and the thighs,
it's especially important
00:25:21.40\00:25:25.04
to keep the blood circulating
in the legs and the thighs
00:25:25.07\00:25:30.34
to prevent a stroke.
00:25:30.37\00:25:31.98
Clothing of course should
not be tight around the waist,
00:25:32.01\00:25:35.93
or tight around any extremity.
00:25:35.96\00:25:37.57
If you eat heavy
foods like beans, or nuts,
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.70
or a lot of high fiber foods
00:25:41.73\00:25:44.05
just before you
leave for a trip.
00:25:44.08\00:25:47.20
When you are in
the air, that gas
00:25:47.23\00:25:49.82
that's in the intestinal track
will swell, and that will make
00:25:49.85\00:25:54.06
you all the more uncomfortable.
00:25:54.09\00:25:56.06
If you are
traveling with an infant,
00:25:56.09\00:25:58.57
several things to remember
about traveling with an infant.
00:25:58.60\00:26:01.96
One is when you go up,
and when you come down,
00:26:01.99\00:26:04.90
but especially
when you come down.
00:26:04.93\00:26:06.20
If you will provide
something for the infant to suck
00:26:06.23\00:26:09.97
during that time, then
that can help the infant to be
00:26:10.00\00:26:13.73
much more comfortable,
because the sucking action
00:26:13.76\00:26:16.54
will open up the Eustachian
tube, and keep the air equalized
00:26:16.57\00:26:21.26
between the middle ear
and the external ear outside.
00:26:21.29\00:26:26.80
That can be helpful to the baby.
00:26:26.83\00:26:28.55
Then another thing,
remember about the baby,
00:26:28.58\00:26:31.11
that you should not
diaper the baby to tightly,
00:26:31.14\00:26:34.24
because a tightly bound baby,
when the intestinal tract swells
00:26:34.27\00:26:41.76
a little bit with the increase
in the altitude, then the baby
00:26:41.79\00:26:45.93
doesn't have a lot of room
to expand, so if they expand
00:26:45.96\00:26:49.12
just a couple of tablespoonfuls
worth, it's going to be very
00:26:49.15\00:26:52.98
uncomfortable for the baby.
00:26:53.01\00:26:54.26
So they may be most
uncomfortable during the flight.
00:26:54.29\00:26:57.49
Those are some very
important things to remember
00:26:57.52\00:27:01.13
for a small baby.
00:27:01.16\00:27:03.06
You can dilute the
baby's food on the way up,
00:27:03.09\00:27:07.84
so that the
production of gas is minimized,
00:27:07.87\00:27:12.34
and that can help
the baby with that.
00:27:12.37\00:27:15.60
There are certain threats
to health, and if you remember
00:27:15.63\00:27:20.22
these when you are
traveling and adjust to them,
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plan for them,
make the provisions,
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whenever they are
supposed to come up,
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you will travel
much more successfully.
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You will avoid many of
the things that injure people
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or even threaten their lives,
even such things as allergies,
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which have been in the
news a good bit, recently about
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airline foods, so with these
tips, we hope the next time
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you are traveling, it
will not only be pleasant,
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but also very safe
and very comfortable.
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