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How To Eat And Drink On Vacation To Minimize Jet Lag · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: You are going to be blown away when I tell
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  Speaker 1: you this, Christine, You're not gonna believe it.
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  Speaker 2: You're gonna be so jealous.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, you know we have a big trip, the family
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  Speaker 1: and I. We're going to Thailand.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, in fact, we're going two weeks from today.
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  Speaker 3: That's amazing.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, check this out. You ready for this. We are
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  Speaker 2: already packed.
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  Speaker 4: That's even more amazing than going to Thailand. Believe it,
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  Speaker 4: two weeks out in your packs.
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  Speaker 2: All because of my wife though.
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  Speaker 1: I mean she she like ran a tight ship yesterday.
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  Speaker 2: She's like, we got to get this done. I want
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  Speaker 2: to be ahead of the game.
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  Speaker 3: That's so great.
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  Speaker 2: She did ninety nine point eight percent of the packing.
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  Speaker 3: Okay, I just contributed to the underwear.
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  Speaker 2: She is pretty much. She's really good at like, all right,
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  Speaker 2: here's what I need now, just give it to me.
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  Speaker 3: You know, we're good and I'm glad you gave it
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  Speaker 3: to her.
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  Speaker 1: We're very lucky that we we're gonna have a washer
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  Speaker 1: and dryer and part of the trip. So you know,
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  Speaker 1: like I only had to bring five underwear than not fifteen,
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  Speaker 1: you know, or five.
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  Speaker 2: Pairs of things out?
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  Speaker 3: Thank you? Yes?
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  Speaker 2: What is what are you talking about?
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  Speaker 3: Your underwear. Oh yes, back to cuppies underwear.
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  Speaker 2: How come? And I mentioned this before?
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  Speaker 1: You ever noticed when you travel like Shay you have
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  Speaker 1: a ten day trip, Yes, you'll have twenty five pairsons.
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  Speaker 2: Oh yes, because you're afraid you're just gonna.
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  Speaker 3: You've got that. You never all of them, you never know.
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  Speaker 4: But also a lot of travel, a lot of walking,
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  Speaker 4: you know, long sweaty days.
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  Speaker 3: You want to freshen up Long sweaty Days.
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  Speaker 1: That's our podcast. You want to do a podcast called
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  Speaker 1: long Sweaty Days.
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  Speaker 3: That would be hot. I think people would listen with
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  Speaker 3: that as a title for sure.
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  Speaker 2: But do you overpack with underwear?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, of course, just in case you have a taco
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  Speaker 4: about it. You have us thought of it that way,
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  Speaker 4: but yeah, let us could happen. But and then I
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  Speaker 4: also put like extra in the carry on just in
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  Speaker 4: case my luggage is lost.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, you know, and you have bubble guts at the airport.
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  Speaker 2: But bubble Guts's.
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  Speaker 3: Going okay, I didn't know it had a name.
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  Speaker 2: Bubble guts. Bubble guts, that's what I call it. Okay anyway,
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  Speaker 2: but thank thank you, honey. We're ready to go.
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  Speaker 3: Good job, you sound ready.
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  Speaker 2: We are.
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  Speaker 3: We are ready to go. Do you want to hear
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  Speaker 3: what you need to do cubby to minimize your jet lag?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. You told me you have tips and I haven't
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  Speaker 2: heard these, so tell me all that.
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  Speaker 4: Ye yeah, Well this is this is from the travel
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  Speaker 4: experts who want to help you avoid bubble gut tell
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  Speaker 4: me troubles and sleepiness and headaches. They say, First of all,
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  Speaker 4: eating on the local schedule at your destination. Before you leave,
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  Speaker 4: you're supposed to start adjusting your eating times, your meal times.
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  Speaker 2: Wait a minute, it's seven to ten pm and Thailand,
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  Speaker 2: right now.
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  Speaker 4: Have your dinner right now, So have right, Just have dinner,
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  Speaker 4: bake and potatoes.
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  Speaker 1: Right, that's it.
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  Speaker 4: Just go for it. Stick to the destination's time for breakfast, lunch,
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  Speaker 4: and dinner. Try smaller meals when you get there. You
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  Speaker 4: want to avoid some GI issues. Be mindful about greasy
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  Speaker 4: or high fat foods. No, watch what you drink. You
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  Speaker 4: might want to skip the pine of beer glass of
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  Speaker 4: wine because alcohol can be a huge sleep disruptor. Use
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  Speaker 4: caffeine strategically. Find to have a cup of coffee or
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  Speaker 4: tea if you normally do that in the morning, but
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  Speaker 4: avoid caffeine later in the day. It'll keep you up,
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  Speaker 4: and you need to stay hydrated. Both alcohol and caffeine
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  Speaker 4: can make you more dehydrated and make you tired. You're
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  Speaker 4: bin in cabin air, which can dehydrate you, so plenty
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  Speaker 4: of water before, during, and after the trip.
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  Speaker 2: Actually, I'm taking notes like I'm in a class right now.
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  Speaker 4: When the vacation starts to wind down, the advice for
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  Speaker 4: eating and sleeping is pretty much the same. Ease back
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  Speaker 4: into your usual schedule and fully return to it at home.
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  Speaker 1: See, we usually just rip the band aid off, like,
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  Speaker 1: just dive right in, don't do the casual ease in.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but those are good tips, for sure.
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  Speaker 3: They could help, But I'm with you.
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  Speaker 4: Sometimes you just have.
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  Speaker 3: To lay down when you get there. You get there,
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  Speaker 3: just have to take a nap.