| Summer is here and people are traveling. They're braving full flights which also means they're trying to sift through the meager options in the airport food courts or dropping $15 on a mediocre in-flight meal. Someone was recently complaining to me that their flight didn't offer a non-vegetarian option. Look, I get it. You're stressed out on the plane, maybe it's a long flight, and you want something to nibble on. Is it too much to ask for something healthy? Something that approaches Primal? Yes, yes it is. It's not going to happen on standard flights. Unless you want to pay big money. The days of high quality food in the sky are gone, at least in America. They're serving microwaved food if you're lucky or shelf-stable garbage that's been sitting at the terminal for years if you're not. There's a better way to deal with food at airports and on planes: don't have any. When I travel domestic, I simply don't eat. I use it as an opportunity to fast. I'll drink water and usually have some coffee, but I'm not thinking about food. I'd rather not pore over ingredients lists, ask the kitchen what kind of oil they use in the dressings, or read online reviews of every single eatery in the entire complex. No, when I'm at the airport I use it as an opportunity to drink coffee and water, not eat, and alternate between reading and lots of slow movement (walking). If I'm traveling longer than 10 hours, I might bring along a snack—but "snack" can be almost anything. You don't have to rely on trail mix and crackers. You can bring beef jerky. You can pack some hard cheese. You can even roast a chicken and bring some leg quarters with you. My point is that you don't have to buy into the framing of the airport. The airport tries to use the same psychological tactics as amusement parks—they limit what you can bring in and jack up the prices once you're inside the doors. I don't blame them for doing it. It's probably great for business. But you don't have to accept the situation. You can transcend it, either by not eating at all or by bringing hearty, nutrient-dense shelf-stable food like meat (dried or fresh) and cheese. How do you handle food at the airport and on the plane? Do you suffer or do you transcend? Let me know in the comment section of New and Noteworthy. | 
