Food Stuff - What to Eat and What Not to Eat during Travelling

Being healthy and staying the way really comes down to a couple of things when you're on the road:

- Choosing Where To Eat Wisely
- Knowing What Not To Eat
- Washing Your Hands A Lot, before taking any meal at all.

When you are traveling, eating can be a risk as you can't always check the sanitation of how each food setting up. As a rough rule of thumb I check the cleanliness of the interior and make a general judgment based on the 'feel' of the place I also check how busy is it is as it will have a bearing of food sales, giving me some clue of how freshness of the food.

I never choose salad unless I am in the high class restaurant or café (as these should be always in high standards as they charge so much. I peel fruit, eating only things like oranges, pineapple, banana, or papaya, which need peeling.  Fried things or hot boiled thing are best as any nasty bacteria that exists here are mostly killed in the heating process. I keep away from poultry eggs, dairy, and certainly all meat if I am in hot countries. So that leaves rice… ! and vegetables, legumes, and noodles dishes, dumplings, and curries etc. Basically if it's fresh vegetables, fried or super hot, boiled and it's not meat or dairy, you should be all right.

DRINKING THE WATER

Drinking water that is unpolluted is one way to seriously derail your trip. All drinking water should be fresh, bottled and sealed. Don't drink 'old' bottled water that's been rolling around the floor of any vehicles for quite sometimes, even if it's yours. Bacteria spread very quickly and this can be precarious to your health.

Take a bottle of fresh water with you when you leave on your day's sightseeing and drink frequently and timely. Acquire fresh bottles as frequent as possible - only top up the water with a small portable bottle from a big one for a few times before you change the bottle entirely.

If you are trekking, water should always be fully boiled, and have purification pills and/or using iodine. Your tour guide should be able to illustrate how to boiled and drink the water safely.