Holiday Travel Tip #6: Skip the Airline Food

The food served most passengers on flights these days is loaded with sugar, starch -- and you guessed it -- sodium. Sometimes you can call the airline ahead of time and request a vegetarian or kosher option, which is generally an improvement over the offerings made to the generic passenger. One quick improvement you can make is to remember to bring some fruit aboard. A little bag of raw almonds makes a healthy (and snappy!) alternative to those tiny bags of overly salted peanuts. Bring your own bottle of water as well.