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2019 Health

*This* is how a wellness pro nails the healthy jet-set life

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September 26, 2018 at 06:30PM Traveling often for work (or just for fun if you’re living your best life) is a great way to check off your tourist bucket list—but it can also throw a major wrench into your wellness routines. Well+Good video producer Ella Dove (more commonly referred to as the office jet-setter) is constantly traveling around the country for video shoots, which has given her plenty of opportunity to master living out of a suitcase—while still keeping her wellness on point. We picked her brain for her top travel tips (and they’re seriously genius)—from how to be the fastest person through the airport security line to her go-to travel uniform, which is actually calculated more strategically than thinking “what will be comfiest for a six-hour red-eye?” (though comfort definitely plays a role). “Comfy pants that still look chic are essential,” she says (she loves traveling in Athleta Stellar Crop Pants). “My best friend’s mom works for an airline, and its true that the better you’re dressed, the more likely you are to get upgraded, be let into a lounge when you’re delayed, or squeezed onto a flight last minute.” Because upgrades mean more leg room, and more leg room means more space for her favorite airplane stretching routine (yes, really). That’s what we call travel, hacked. Scroll down for more of her wellness-infused travel tips—including what she always packs in her carry-on. What she packs in her carry-on One of Dove’s top pieces of advice is to keep your carry-on

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2019 Health Relaxation

People swear ginger baths can combat cold and flu symptoms—this is what you need to know

5 min read

September 26, 2018 at 02:58PM When sickness strikes, many holistic wellness devotees recommend sipping some ginger tea or sweating it out in a hot bath. But did you know that combining both—in the form of a ginger bath—is also said to help alleviate aches, digestive discomfort, or cold symptoms? Okay, so there’s no formal evidence proving a ginger bath’s alleged benefits. But there are tons of anecdotal reports online from those who swear the practice is a super effective form of a sweaty detox. Why? “Ginger speeds up circulation, which creates heat, causing a sweat response,” says Jennifer Palmer, a holistic wellness coach with a doctorate in traditional naturopathy and owner of wellness center Nourishing Journey in Columbia, MD. Baths obviously create some heat of their own, so it’s easy to see why some people choose to combine the two—even if it’s not a research-backed wellness hack. Why take a ginger bath? Some people take ginger baths to alleviate cold and flu symptoms, while others use them to detox after a big night out. Still others take them regularly in hopes of purging the everyday chemicals we’re all exposed to in the modern world. Palmer says ginger baths are “a fabulous option for sweating out toxins, but they are good for many other things as well.” According to her, a ginger bath may: Calm digestive discomfort Aid in proper digestion Increase blood circulation Aid in reducing inflammation Help improve metabolism Again, Western medicine might raise an eyebrow at these claims. Yet anyone can get

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