If other fiber supplements fail in your attempt to become regular, try taking Chitosan (a form of dietary fiber) along with vitamin C. The chitosan binds to fats from foods we eat making stool soft and smooth. The vitamin C helps to activate chitosan in stomach.

Drink plenty of water, especially if you are taking supplemental fiber.

Try eating a few dried prunes or drinking some prune juice. In addition to adding fiber, prunes have a mild laxative effect.

Avoid sugar and other processed foods.

Begin a regular exercise program to help promote normal bowel movements.

If you think allergies are cause of your constipation, try an elimination diet to help you to identify what may be triggering your body and causing your colon to contract.

Meditate, do yoga, go for a walk. Do things that will allow you to reduce your stress levels and help your body to relax. This can help relax your colon.

Get a colonic to flush out any old fecal matter that may be trapped within colon or try a colon cleanse.

Take a good probiotic such as acidopholis or bifidophilus to help promote a healthy environment within colon.

Peppermint (3910-9) has a long history of helping relax smooth muscles of gastrointestinal tract.

Supplementation with magnesium and large doses of vitamin C, have a mild laxative effect on body.

If all else fails, herbs such as casgara segrada, turkey rhubarb or herbal combinations such as Natures Sunshine’s LBS II and LB-X can be used to evacuate colon. While these should be used with caution, they are less aggressive than many commercial laxatives that are available at supermarket.

It's also a good idea to keep a water bottle with you on plane. The little 100ml packages of water they give you on plane don't hydrate you!

2. Set your schedule in advance

The best strategy for going across several zones is to start changing your sleeping schedule several days in advance to trip.

For instance, if you are travelling from Los Angeles to Hawaii, begin waking up and sleeping earlier gradually 3 to 4 days in advance, this will minimize jet lag effect when you arrive at your destination.

Adjust your meals and your light exposure as if you were to be already there and following that schedule.

3. Shock your sleep system

When you arrive your destination, immediately adapt your sleeping schedule to local time zone. For instance, if you arrive at 3Pm and you're feeling tired and drowsy, don't sleep! Wait it out and go to sleep at time you normally would. This will put more pressure on your body temperature rhythm to adapt to local time. If you try to adjust gradually it will take longer and make your vacation time less enjoyable!

Using these 3 simple methods should minimize jet lag effects you experience, and allow you to get most out of your travelling! If you find that you're still feeling very tired and low on energy during your vacation, take a short 10-45 nap to recharge yourself.