My passion for travel started when I was young.

what it’s like to call that region home.

As the “travel” part of that role has grown this year, so has my flight time.

a collage featuring an open suitcase with a passport and a bottle of spilled probiotic pills with a background showing various flight paths

Design elements: Getty Images. Collage: Cassie Basford.

In the past 12 months, I’ve embarked on 44 different flights for business or pleasure.

Design elements: Getty Images.

Collage: Cassie Basford.

Turns out, it’s a surprisingly common problem.

(Stewart is no stranger to travel, by the way.

She spent over a decade crossing the country in her former role as a sales manager.)

She awards bonus points to probiotics that come packaged with prebiotics, probiotics food for survival.

Stewart considers a probiotic a mainstay in her carry-on, as its part of my daily routine.