Placebo Effect?
Even if it’s just a placebo effect, I’m feeling good about the Airborne tablets I’ve been taking every day during my trip. Ellen included them in a mini care package, along with some chocolate and peanut butter chip cookies from Isabella’s Cookie Company, and a box of Clif Bars.
Between the time difference — Beijing is 16 hours ahead of California — messed up sleeping schedules, foods and spices my digestive system isn’t accustomed to, and the mix of all sorts of different germs my immune system has never been exposed to, plus a couple of late nights, I’m very glad to be taking some extra precaution about staying healthy.
I don’t know if there’s any any actual medical thanks I need to pass along to the folks @ Airborne, but the psychological boost has been worth it in itself!