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That’s because what you consume before boarding can significantly influence your in-flight experience.
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And sometimes that’s for the worse.
Then for more helpful holiday tips, check out the5 Holiday Foods a Cardiologist Avoids.
However, there are a few reasons you may want to reconsider!
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Now that sounds like a stressful flight.
You’re better off leaving the super salty foods behind to avoid as much discomfort as possible.
Cruciferous vegetables are sohigh in fiber, that they cancause bloating and excess gas.
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You’re more likely to experience bloating and excess gas when this happens.
One food that certainly won’t help this cause is beans.
Save yourself the stomach discomfort while you’re stuck on your plane by avoiding beans before your flight.
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A common bloating food is garlic, which contains high levels of atype of fiber called fructans.
In the same way that garlic can give you undesirable breath, onions can do the same.
This vegetable also contains many sulfur compounds, giving your breath an unfortunately strong onion odor.
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In many people, fructose can causestomach pain and bloatedness.
This can be inconvenient for flyers.
Along with needing to urinate more,coffee is known to make you poopmore, too.
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Itstimulates your colon and causes more contractions, which will have you running to the restroom afterward.
This is unfortunately inconvenient on the plane, especially if you find yourself in the window seat.
If you’re a nervous flyer at all, drinking coffee may only make things worse.
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Alcohol has diuretic effects, meaning it can make you urinate more frequently and dehydrate you.
Because flights can already dehydrate you, adding alcohol to the experience will only make it worse.
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