How to Uninvite Mr. Montezuma

Diarrhea or Montezuma's Revenge, can ruin your vacation, keeping you in bed for days on end. Travelers diarrhea is usually caused by bacteria, parasites and viruses. The microscopic bugs at the top of these rather gut wrenching charts are E Coli, the staphylococci, shigella and salmonella species, campylobacter jejune, cryptosporidiosis, and hepatitis A.

Infected food is the biggest culprit, with water coming in second. Ice cream, cocktails served in re-used coconut shells, raw seafood, ice, and food from street vendors are potential risks that can interrupt your adventure with less salacious memories to pass on to family and friends.

If you take a few precautions however and observe some simple guidelines along with having the right remedies in your suitcase, you may be able to avoid a case of Mummy Tummy and enjoy every minute of your vacation.

Tip1

Drink only bottled mineral water when you travel and avoid drinking local tap water even for brushing teeth or ice in your drinks. This is the most important thing you can do to help protect yourself from ingesting organisms that may be in the water wherever you vacation.

Tip 2

Eat only cooked foods. Many raw foods, especially fruits and salads are washed in the local tap water, which may leave deposits on the skin containing organisms that can give you traveler's diarrhea. If you eat fruit, only choose those that can be peeled.

Tip 3

Include hand sanitizer gel and wipes in your suitcase when you travel. Use the wipes before eating or whenever you feel you need a cleanup to prevent the spread of germs while you're out and about.

Tip 4

Watch what you eat. Even cooked foods may contain local products that may be contaminated or merely processed locally, exposing them to organisms native to that environment. If you are not used to eating the local foods, you may get ill.

Tip 5

Take homeopathics and spagyric botanicals such as Colo Chord, Amoeba Chord and Core Olive Leaf from our Energetix product line with you to prevent you from getting sick.