There are plenty of travelers who visit a country or region specifically to sample local cuisine — pasta in Italy, wine in France, or steak in Argentina …. The following foods are known to be high in antioxidants, lower cholesterol, reduce your risk of heart disease, control blood sugar, and/or prevent cancer. The worlds healthiest foods.
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For vegan or vegetarian travelers, maintaining a strict diet while traveling can be extremely challenging. Luckily there are plenty of places where vegetarianism is commonplace and even encouraged (specifically in Buddhist countries). Here are 10 countries where vegetarian travelers should have an easier time finding vegetarian restaurants (listed alphabetically):
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Have you ever walked into a pharmacy in a foreign country and wondered what exactly you were buying? While common pharmaceuticals are available in most countries, sometimes you’re better off trying an at-home remedy before you experiment with an unknown medicine.Here are 11 everyday foods and the common traveler’s illness they are known to help cure. I’ve posted this two ways, first by food and what it treats, and secondly by the illness and what will alleviate it.
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The worst fresh mango in Belize is going to be better than the best grocery store mango in the U.S. 99% of the time. Even if it’s a food that you may not normally eat (like grasshoppers) it’s probably going to be better tasting than the hamburger from the McDonald’s up the road.
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It’s been a very busy week for me, reading hundreds of travel blogs during this “Loads of Links” week. So far we’ve linked to 16 Niche Travel Bogs, 10 Travel Blogs with Voice, 10 Travel Blogs with Great Tips, and 21 Travel Podcasts and Travel TV Shows. Discovering countless new (to me) blogs has been a lot of fun. I hope readers have enjoyed checking out these blogs and I hope that fellow bloggers will continue to spread the link love.Without further ado, here are 50 more travel blogs that you should be reading (in no particular order):
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This week we’re linking to lots of blogs as part of our “Loads of Links” week to encourage our readers check out a variety of travel blogs. If you have a favorite (or your own) travel blog that you want everyone to know about send it our way and we’ll see where it fits. I’ve [...]
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