I spent a lot of my childhood motion sick. Cars, boats, planes, you name it — we just didn’t get along.
But what if the very floor could give you vertigo?
Don’t laugh. It’s happening.
Researchers in Jersey City, New Jersey have found that high contrast black-and-white carpeting is making people sick.
We’re talking headaches. Visual distress. Even seizures in epileptics.
Man…that boat trip is sounding better all the time.
They aren’t exactly sure why a high contrast repeating pattern can give the illusion of motion and make viewers sick. But based on their findings, researchers do recommend that you give carpet more than a quick glance before you make any purchase for your home.
Your home? I think this information is even more important for all the planes, trains, and automobiles out there.
Talk about a double whammy!
4 out of 5 doctors
I’m winging my way to Atlanta today, and will be occupying my usual aisle seat.
Only this time, it will be doctor recommended.
People who sit in window seats have the potential to move less than those who sit in the aisle. And it’s really the lack of movement that raises your risk factor for DVT, not your seat.
Now, I sit in aisle seats whenever I can simply because I don’t like to be closed in. And in my experience, passengers in the window seat have no problem asking me to get up and let them out. Repeatedly. Several times a flight. It’s like the people with bladder issues choose the window seat.
On purpose.
So I think they’ll be fine. And I will, too. Because they’re there to keep me on the move.
Thanks loads.
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