Traveling, while often fun, can also be a cause of great stress whether one is traveling for
business or pleasure. Traveling between time zones can cause jet lag. Sticking to tight
schedules can cause frayed nerves and incredible stress, particularly when traveling
with children. Eating away from home can translate into dietary changes and possible
deficiencies. Being around numerous people in airports, hotels and restaurants can
increase one’s chances of contracting a sickness-causing bacteria or virus. For these
reasons and more, it is vital to travel with certain vitamins to protect one’s health and
boost the immune system. Although numerous people already take certain dietary
supplements each day, the supplements listed below are by far the most important to
remember to bring when traveling.

Vitamin C

Of course, vitamin C is the first vitamin usually thought of as being vital to immune
health. In fact, the history of this vitamin’s immune boosting powers goes back hundreds
of years to the stories of sailors who died of scurvy, a disease caused by a deficiency
of the C vitamin. With today’s access to numerous fresh fruits and vegetables in
developed countries, scurvy is no longer the issue that it once was. However, vitamin C
supplementation remains an important topic.

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin. This means that any extra vitamin C found in the body
is removed daily in one’s urine. For this reason, vitamin C must be consumed on a daily
basis. A majority of research recommends consuming around 500 milligrams of vitamin
C each day, which is certainly more than what the government recommends in its daily
allowances. Because of this, many people will need to use a dietary supplement instead of
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