Sleep and Constipation: The Straight Poop
Nearly everyone has suffered from the slowing down or halting of our normal plumbing (constipation) when traveling, especially when there is also Jet Lag involved. There is new research which demonstrates the basis for this problem may be our gut bacteria. Obvious though it may seem, gut bacteria do NOT see the light of day. This simple factor, daylight, also known as Zeitgeiber (German for "timekeeper") has the most profound effect on how our body keeps track of the day/night...
