HOW TO COPE WITH JET LAG
Jet lag can cause insomnia, feeling tired during daylight hours, loss of concentration, awaking early once asleep and gastronomical stress. Experts say that it takes the body a day per time zone crossed to fully recover from jet lag. The severity of jet lag as well as the time needed to get over it, depends on how many time zones are crossed. What can one do if you cannot get over your jet lag fully in the time you will spend at your destination? Here are a few suggestions to help cope with jet lag.
Jet lag can cause insomnia, feeling tired during daylight hours, loss of concentration, awaking early once asleep and gastronomical stress. Experts say that it takes the body a day per time zone crossed to fully recover from jet lag. The severity of jet lag as well as the time needed to get over it, depends on how many time zones are crossed. What can one do if you cannot get over your jet lag fully in the time you will spend at your destination? Here are a few suggestions to help cope with jet lag.
- When flying long haul across many times zones, reset your watch to your destination time when you take off and stay on the new time zone time for the duration of the flight. This will help your body clock to adjust to your destination time.
- On eastbound flights, you loose night (or sleep) time and gain clock time. Flying east, adjust your bed times earlier a few nights before departure. This is why east bound flights leave in the evening.
- On westbound flights you will gain daylight (or awake) time and loose clock time, so set your alarm to get up earlier a few days before your flight. This is why west bound flights leave in the morning.
- Avoid drinking alcohol and caffeine especially on long haul international flights.
- The pressurized cabin air causes your body to dehydrate faster and can make your jet lag symptoms worse. Drink as much water as possible during the flight which will help jet lag and keep you hydrated.
- It is very important to regularly move around the aircraft in-flight. Walk up and down the aisle a few times every one to two hours and do a few simple in-flight exercises in your seat to keep the blood circulating, stop blood clots and help joint stiffness.
- On arrival at your destination try not to sleep during daylight hours. Even if very tired, take a hot shower or bath, go outdoors, start sightseeing or go for a walk. The exercise, sunshine and fresh air will help you body clock adjust faster to your new time zone.
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