The last thing you need when you’re on holiday is to get sick or have a minor accident. Planning ahead and taking a few well thought out natural supplements with you can help you stay healthy and relaxed so you can enjoy your holiday to its fullest.

3 Key Ingredients for your Holiday First Aid Kit

Magnesium

Magnesium is involved in over 300 chemical reactions in your body, but its big claim to fame is to help maintain and support a healthy nervous system. A healthy nervous system helps to keep you feeling calm and your body relaxed. Magnesium can help with:

• Muscle aches, pains or cramps
• Headaches or migraines
• Insomnia
• Improving energy levels
• Menstrual cramps
• Stress
• Healthy blood glucose metabolism
• Blood pressure regulation
• Anxiety
• Irritability
• Exercise performance

Probiotics

Sudden cramping and pain in your abdomen can often mean big trouble when you’re travelling, leaving you running for the toilet! Was it something you ate, did you forget to drink bottled water or have you picked up a tummy bug? Whatever the reason, traveller’s diarrhoea or digestive disturbances can certainly ruin your holiday. Don’t forget to take a room stable probiotic so you don’t have to worry about refrigeration. Probiotics can help with:

• Maintaining balanced, healthy digestive flora
• Inhibiting the growth of unfriendly digestive flora
• Re-establishing friendly digestive flora
• A healthy response to allergens
• Support for healthy immune system function
• Healthy digestive function
• Diarrhoea
• Tummy bugs

Vitamin C

No-one wants to get sick or feel uncomfortable while they’re on holiday. Strengthening your immune system can help to offset the many challenges of travel. Flying often results in exposure to respiratory pathogens, a change of season or weather may bring on a cold, flu or allergies, and minor cuts and scratches may increase your risk of developing an infection. Vitamin C can help with:

• Maintaining healthy skin
• Healing of minor wounds including cuts, scratches and abrasions
• Healthy immune function
• Natural antihistamine activity to reduce an allergic response
• Stress
• Symptomatic relief of colds and flu

Mr Vitamins recommends

Herbs of Gold Products for your Holiday First Aid Kit

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• Magnesium Forte
• Probiotic + SB
• Zinc Forte + C

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