Your health and well being

Looking after your health will help you be more relaxed when you fly.

It seems too obvious a thing to say that people who enjoy good health are fit for most things. Anyone who has suffered poor health knows how debilitating and energy sapping it is.

• Look after your emotional well being
• Look after your psychological well being
• Look after your physical well being
• Look after your physiological well being

Good quality sleep is important before a flight, Be fit in mind and body – it will help you relax. Take things that help you relax like music or a book to reduce your fear of flying, rest well after you have flown.

Be as healthy and well prepared as you can, before your flight.

Not only does good health bring about positive thinking, poor health inevitably moves us towards less positive thinking. This is not being weak it’s a medical fact. There is a clear and obvious link between a healthy body and a healthy mind and a healthy mind is one that is more able to deal with the problems of life. Of course, none of us can determine or change what comes our way with regard to illness, disease, and mental health. However, there are things that we can do to make certain that we’re as healthy as possible.
The single most important bit of health care that we are responsible for is sleep. It is important to develop and practice good sleeping habits.
The body requires eight hours sleep for 16 hours activity and that proportion is true throughout our lives until we get into old age where we seem to need less sleep.
Popular in these modern times is an attention to diet and nowhere is that more important than prior to a flight and on the flight. There is a lot of information available about the benefits of different types of foods, however when flying the best foods are, salads and high water content foods. Therefore, we suggest that you plan your diet carefully before flying.
In our booklet “Remember… Relax and go flying without Fear” we highlights the four aspects of well-being; Physical Emotional Physiological Psychological.
This is because the effects on our bodies of flying in a modern airliner have to be recognised in order to combat them.
The conditions inside an aircraft cabin are healthy and provide sufficient air for our needs. However the humidity in an aircraft cabin tends to be low and therefore it is important to hydrate adequately and the modern fad for carrying water bottles as a fashion accessory has been beneficial for air travellers.
Airlines now give a lot of health care advice on their sites. We recommend that you take notice of this advice as it is usually based on sound medical facts.
Exposure to the constraints on us when we fly will causes irritability and an inability to concentrate so it’s very likely that the minds of anxious passengers will drift to negative thoughts; therefore it’s vital to entertain your self with easy books and magazines or utilise our downloadable help that will keep your attention and help you relax. Certainly don’t try to get to grips with Tolstoy’s ‘War and Peace’ or Einstein’s ‘Theory of Relativity.’
Life style magazines, car magazines, puzzle books or easy romantic and adventure novels are perfect.

Most importantly. Remember to relax after your flight, because your body and mind will be tired from coping with the flight. You need to spend time recovering from the emotional demands that flying will have put on you. Try to get some good quality sleep on the night you arrive at your destination. Get on to ‘ local time’ as quickly as you can…some people set their watch to destination time as soon as they board their flight to make it easier to do that.