Many of you have asked us about how to travel with our liquid supplements. Because
they are liquids which require refrigeration, some preparations are needed. Here's an
easy way to travel with our liquid supplements:
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1. Calculate the total amount you will need to give while you are gone, of both vitamins
and minerals. You may want to take enough with you for a couple extra doses, in case
you spill or something.
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2. Buy a Rubbermaid or similar plastic container at the grocery or drugstore that is large
enough to hold the total amount of vitamins and minerals you will need. Pick up some
large gallon-size ziploc bags, too, if you don't have them at home already.
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3. A small thermal cooler can be very helpful for times when you're away from a
refrigerator. We find that a zip-up thermal lunchbox or a "Playmate"-type cooler works
well. You will keep the supplements in this cooler or lunchbox on ice during your trip,
when you are not near a refrigerator.
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4. Rinse the plastic container and lid, and run them through a dishwasher wash and dry
cycle, to sterilize them.
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5. Place the vitamins and the minerals both into the container and close the lid tight. Put
the container in the fridge.
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6. Make sure to pack anything else you might need for dosing the supplements, such as
a measuring cup/spoon/syringe, etc. and whatever juice you may need for mixing them.
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7. When you're ready to leave, just put the bottle of supplements in a large ziploc bag,
with some ice, and put the bag into the lunchbox/cooler.
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8. Take the lunchbox/cooler with you in the car, on the plane, or wherever you are until
you get to your hotel. At the hotel, put the supplement bottle on ice in an ice bucket or
in a refrigerator if you have one in your room. Just pack them up with fresh ice when
you leave again.
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9. If you are away from refrigeration, the supplements will be fine for at least 48 hours,
at fairly cool temperatures. If you're camping, you can put the ziploc bag with
supplement bottle into a stream or a pot of cold water to keep it cool.
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10. If you are travelling to a country where there will not be refrigeration, we would be
happy to help you order some of our trial size bottles to use on your trip.
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When you travel, please think ahead, and use the procedure above
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if possible, rather than using our trial size bottles. We make a
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limited number of trial size bottles, and sending a large amount out for
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travel depletes the supply available for other customers. We can
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arrange to get you empty 32 oz, 16 oz or trial size bottles, if you wish to
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pack your own "travel packs", but these do need refrigeration,
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as they are not sterile when sealed.
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