In this conversational segment, JJ Virgin and a co‑host discuss practical travel hacks aimed at maintaining health through better hydration and beverage choices. They highlight the importance of bringing a durable, reusable bottle (stainless steel or glass) and explain airport security’s policy of confiscating liquid‑filled containers, prompting travelers to empty bottles before screening. They recommend using large stainless‑steel containers (up to 3 gallons) filled at home with water filtered through a reverse‑osmosis (RO) system, noting that a home RO setup is a high‑yield investment for controlling water quality. When a reusable bottle isn’t available, they advise scrutinizing the ingredient label on packaged water to select products purified by reverse osmosis rather than simple distillation, reducing contaminants and microplastics. Finally, they suggest carrying a dedicated container for hot drinks (tea or coffee) and purchasing bottled water from reliable retailers (CVS, Whole Foods) to bring to hotel rooms. The overall message is that small, intentional choices around water sourcing and container selection can support healthier travel experiences.
just give us a couple, just a couple travel hacks that could be good. I mean, obviously one that I've now taken is taken a really great bottle with me, a safe bottle with me for water, for coffee, for all of that. What else are a couple of them?
Yeah. Yeah. So, you know, stainless steel bottles kind of like this. One of the things I lost, I learned the hard way is that when you go to the security and it's filled with liquid, they will actually steal your, take your bottle unless you empty it before you go through security. So that can be pricey. And I learned that when I was in a rush and I couldn't run back to empty it. But here's some of the hacks that I like to think about. So for instance, they make, there's bottles that are made with stainless steel that are 3 gallons. So for instance, you know, traveling to tournaments like we just did with my kids or any number of car trips you take, fill it up at home where you have the greatest amount of control over your water, your quality, right? If you have a system at home, RO filters are $275. You can get them under your sink, on top of your counter. Plumbers are cheap. It's honestly something that I recommend is one of the highest yields thing you could do because then you're filling up at home to take it with you with glass, stainless steel, or even a big container. When you're traveling in the airport, and I actually, you know, take videos of this all the time, You're— say you're, you know, left your bottle at home and you need plastic bottles to drink water and you can't find any in glass. Look at the word ingredients on these plastic water bottles because no one thinks that there's an ingredients label, but it tells you how that water was cleaned before it was put into that package. So when it says distilled versus, you know, say cleaned by reverse osmosis, I choose reverse osmosis. It's not necessarily going to cut down on your microplastics,, but it certainly will cut down on some of the water quality issues that where the source was. When I travel, I use this, my container for hot tea in the morning or coffee in the hotels. I often will bring water from, you know, a CVS or Walgreens or Whole Foods, anywhere I can get my local hands-on better choices of water. I will usually buy it and bring it to my hotel room.
Glass or plastic?
Well, I look for glass always, but that's like, you know, endangered species. In fact, I take videos at restaurants where they still serve glass and I'm like crying, like I'm in tears at the restaurant because I can't believe they've actually been able to do that. So, you know, I think we have to just, you know, manage our expectations. Don't jump off the ledge here when it comes to having a particularly dirty couple of days, weeks or whatever. That there's always a chance to do better. We can always right the wrong by just doing better. And in fact, it certainly plays out when it comes to blood and urine testing. When this is done, we can see that when we change behaviors, the studies show organic foods, less plastics. The studies show that behavior changes matter, product choices matter, and then that subsequently is going to change your risk for diseases, especially in my world, immune disorders. But really all, all diseases are really interconnected with the immune system. So, you know, you change your destiny when you change your choices and you change your lifestyle for sure when it comes to health.
