This predicament is known as travel constipation, when people who typically don’t have digestive problems at home develop “the characteristic symptoms of constipation” while they’re traveling, said Dr. Darren Brenner, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine and surgery at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine in Illinois.
Some people experience constipation on some trips, while others do every time they travel.
Here are some of the most common causes of travel constipation and what you can do about them.
Throwing off your circadian rhythmSome digestive health experts have theorized that being in a different time zone or following a new schedule during travel could contribute to travel constipation by throwing off your circadian rhythm — physical, mental and behavioral changes that happen over a 24-hour cycle.
Some natural laxatives that can help include high-fiber fruits such as kiwis, mangoes and prunes, experts said.
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