Nutrition Tips When Traveling in Airports

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Airport DiningIf you spend much time trav­el­ing for work or plea­sure, you know how dif­fi­cult it can be to make healthy choices in an air­port. And it’s even worse when you get stuck in the air­port due to delays and can­cel­la­tions – which seems to be more often than not these days. For those who fre­quently travel it can be dif­fi­cult time to try to eat healthy while in the air­port. Here are some ideas to help you choose the healthy food choices on the go:

  1. If you don’t have time for a meal prior to head­ing out the air­port, pack some­thing to take along — or pick some­thing up at your local deli. Wait­ing in air­ports can be stress­ful and/or bor­ing… which can bring out emo­tional eat­ing in many peo­ple. Bring­ing your own healthy snacks can do dam­age con­trol. Sug­ges­tions: turkey or peanut but­ter sand­wich, low-fat yogurt, fruit, nuts, string cheese. Snack on these health­ier choices rather than pur­chas­ing the not-so-healthy snacks on your flight.
  2. Be on the look­out for healthy food options in the air­port. Most air­ports sell turkey or grilled chicken sand­wiches. Use mus­tard ver­sus mayo. You might also want to remove the cheese to save about 200 calo­ries and 20 gm of fat. Other healthy options include a salad with grilled chicken. Make sure you get dress­ing on the side and use it spar­ingly. A bet­ter choice would be to ask for low calo­rie dressing.
  3. Foods that con­tain pro­tein, fat or fiber tend to hold you the longest. This is espe­cially impor­tant if your flight gets delayed and you end up sit­ting there for hours… This could turn into a diet dis­as­ter! So some­thing like a turkey sand­wich would be a bet­ter choice than a muf­fin. An ounce of nuts (make sure its one ounce or about a hand­ful — most por­tions are larger!) and a fruit would be a bet­ter choice than a bag of pretzels.
  4. Drink plenty of water. This may help you to eat less. Also, fly­ing tends to cause dehydration.
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