Terrific video from Dr. Ron Klatz, who is one of the founders of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Do yourself a big favor--watch this before taking your next flight!
Terrific video from Dr. Ron Klatz, who is one of the founders of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Do yourself a big favor--watch this before taking your next flight!
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I’m all about health and wellness and age management.
I’m also all about travel. I am on the go-whether for business or pleasure- MUCH of the time.
People always ask me “How do you do it” Don’t you get jet lag? Don’t you get tired of it?”
I must say that jet lag is rarely an issue for me and for whatever reasons (genetics, proper exercise, good luck) I have a tremendous supply of energy.
What I like least about travel are the little annoyances that crop up all too regularly and threaten my sense of sanitation. Herewith, my personal pet peeves that occur while on the road. Not that anyone asked, but here they are:
I don’t know about you but my idea of staying germ free while in flight does not include fishing around for a flimsy piece of tissue on the always wet floor of an airplane bathroom floor.
We all know that every surface of a bathroom is a treasure trove of germs and cooties of all sorts even on our own home turf. One can only imagine what lurks in the lower regions of a frequently trafficked spot like an airplane lounge.
First of all, how the heck did they get the dang thing to stay in place? Next, why is it that they think it perfectly OK for ME to have to deal with the paper aftermath of their visit to the john?
I still have not found a method for pulling off clingy tissue left behind that doesn’t give me the willies. I’m thinking the airlines need to supply rubber tissue removal gloves for such instances.
Once I figure out the perfect technique to get the water started the secret is in discovering how to keep it going long enough to get a good wash. Some have automatic timers that allow about 5 seconds of water before you have to start waving your hands around again. Others do not and seem to NEVER stop flowing.
In the case of the former, I am frustrated because I know that to really rid hands of bacteria one has to scrub for a good solid minute in fairly warm, sudsy water.
In the case of the latter I have nearly missed flights because my sense of guilt and fear of wasting water force me to stand by until the faucet stops flowing in order that it not run all day, unattended if I leave too early.
And let’s not even get started on how to achieve the right temperature out of the newer faucets. Can you say, “SCALDING OR FREEZING AND NOTHING IN BETWEEN?”
You know the type: they get right up next to you and breath down your neck, nudging your bags with theirs, as though somehow such pressure will actually SPEED YOU UP.
Nuh uh. doesn’t work that way. That is when my little baggy full of liquids invariably tumbles to the ground, (spilling its contents) or my metal belt gets stuck on my waistband and requires even more time to dislodge before I slowly remove it.
That’s when the eyes on the person behind me begin to roll back in their head or they cluck their tongue in disapproval. I want to say, “Stress kills, my friend, and you have just aged me five years. Back off, fellow traveler, and gimme space!"
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