Today’s guest post is by Helen Nichols, whose website Well-BeingSecrets.com focuses on health issues. This post is adapted from  a longer article on her site about the health benefits of travel. It’s a well-researched piece complete with links to a variety of insightful scientific studies, reports and other documentation.

By Helen Nichols

Traveling has the potential to make us healthier, both physically and psychologically.

We may not be actively aware of it, but traveling can bring about substantive positive changes, which can take effect both during the course of travel and over the longer term.

Boosts Your Immunity

Travel helps strengthen your immune responses to bacteria, viruses, and other foreign bodies.

Of course, that doesn’t mean that you should be careless about hygiene and sanitation while traveling or put yourself at direct risk of getting ill.

However, when you visit new places, you naturally give your body… Continue reading →