Ancient Trick Eliminates Jet Lag

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vacationdreams — Tue, 26 May 2009 02:45:28 GMT

I will be traveling to Greece next week which is 7 hours ahead. I appreciated all the helpful tips along with Dr. Mercola. I plan to try a combination of these techniques. I will occasionally use melatonin to aid my sleep so I'm familiar with.

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Slyc — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 02:08:14 GMT

I was unable to hear the antioxidant he suggested after the demonstration. Anyone?

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doc_203 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 18:55:33 GMT

The homeopathic remedy for jet lag is Arnica. Take the 200th potency on takeoff and landing and every four hours in between. It should also prevent blood clots from forming. Extra note, you only get jet lag flying East or West and not flying North or South.

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Johan Lind233n — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:17:00 GMT

I guess there's a lot of scientific studies behind the recommendation in this video... ;)

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ThomasT — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:37:25 GMT

ronaldneil.. see www.theyfly.com. That would have given them beamship-lag. I use 3 to 5 times the usual melatonin and hops/valerium for the flight, and also have a large shot of nano- reduced, (by aerating with an aquarium pump during processing), colloidal silver to keep the bugs away,for the flight., and to aid the the whacked immune system from the time-change. Anybody studied that? I sleep most of the flight and feel quite good on arrival. I then get into the gym every day at about the same local time as previous local time training. Then slowly reduce the melatonin, (rapid and time release) and hops/ valerium over a few days. Melatonin and hops works better taken 20 minutes before a meal. I will definitely try the Taoist Tickle next time. As a retired airline training Captain, I appreciate todays knowledge, and available nutrients. In the old days, early seventies, the air. MD just gave us opiates, which knocked us out, dulled our brains, and took 5 years to kick, after stopping flying.

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antsiro — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 04:09:06 GMT

There is another free and even easier methods. It is based on the fact that besides the cyrcadian rhythm entrained by day light cycle there is a supposedly independent oscillators which is entrained by food. The two are interacting and thus one could help the body to adopt to day light change by adjusting the feeding regime properly. The general idea is not too eat anything (except light fruit snack perhaps) during the flight but drink a lot to stay hydrated. Then once you arrive to the place have a light meal in the evening according to local time and next morning have an abundant meal. This will strongly reset the food entrained oscillator, which in case will affect the cyrcadian rhythm and various physiological processes. The localization of FEO is not clear, but there is some evidence that some components are located in the hypothalamus. For those interested : lot's of animal experimental evidence regarding FEO is presented in a nice chapter Friedrich Stephan in the Handbook of Behavioral Neurobiology (one can read it via Google Book Preview).

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dodgy dave — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 03:43:11 GMT

Hi there .

I travel 4 times a year..... From Australia.to KLL to BKK THEN From BKK TO MANILA then to Cebu..NOT ALL ON THE SAME DAY !!!!But its a lot of air travel..

Can some one tell me where i can buy water bottles WITH FILTERS ON THEM..because i take empty bottles through customes ..but if no drinking water is there ...Then no waterfor me !!!!..YES I KNOW I CAN BUY THE WATER ...AT A RIP OFF PRICE.....THANKS Dave

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healthyhobbit — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:29:02 GMT

When I traveled to Scotland, I took Dr. Mercola's advice from a previous article, to try to acustom myself to the current timezone. I couldn't sleep on the plane, to uncomfortable. But, when I arrived I made myself stay up (no nap) and went to bed a little early. I also drank tea to help. I got up at 7am every morning and felt great.

When I got home, I did the same thing. No jet lag. I also took oregano and vitamin C before and after. For all the poor quality air on the plane.

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ronaldneil — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:13:00 GMT

I wasn't aware that ancients had jets.

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Greg Wormald — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 00:23:51 GMT

Another thing that causes fatigue while flying (I can't say whether it causes jet lag or not) is the continual noise. I feel much better at the end of the flight if I've worn effective ear plugs or a noise reducing headset for the whole flight.

I also bring my own headphones for music or movies and wear them over the ear plugs.

Greg

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Oran — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 20:22:33 GMT

I also travel long distances once or twice a year with kids - a 10 hour time zone change. I agree with Mike's suggestions, but I would like to add what I think is the most important way to avoid jet lag: you must DRINK WATER! I think jet lag is mainly dehydration.

You dehydrate from the air (or lack of fresh air) on the plane and you must drink all the time. Also - by drinking you must get up and go to the bathroom which gets you to move - which is, as Snoozen mentioned, also important in order to avoid jet lag.

We each take water bottles with filters so that we can pass security wtih empty bottles and then fill them up with tap water so that we always have a full bottle to drink from on the plane.

Once we reach our destination we try to stay up till at least till 10:00 PM so that we go to sleep at night. If the kids wake early in the morning, we keep the lights turned off and just talk quietly in the dark. They usually fall back to sleep. During the day it is important to be out in the light.

We use to spend several days or even a week in each direction getting over jet lag. Now when we travel, after maybe the first early morning awakening, we really don't have jet lag anymore

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MsDrPepper Drinks Distilled Water — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:31:01 GMT

ooooops sorry, it was Mike, not "Mark"..... Guess I am more lagged than I thought, and I was only driving 800+ miles!

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mike boddington — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 09:47:15 GMT

I spent much of my life flying around the world, crossing multiple time zones. I soon established my own method of beating jet lag - completely. And it was very simple - much simpler than the methods described here.

1. At the beginning of the journey, set your watch to the time at your destination: from now on, that is the time it is (but don't miss your flight!)

2. Totally relax on the journey - DO NOT WORK! People boast about how much work they get done on the flight - they are dumbos

3. When you arrive, fit immediately into the time of the country, eating breakfast, lunch and dinner etc at the appropriate time in the country, go to bed when they go to bed, get up when they get up, and attend to their work hours

4. Never, ever, ever, think about what time it is in the place you came from (unless you want to call someone on the telephone!)

5. Never, ever, ever take any special medications when you are travelling if you can possibly avoid it (I have never heard of melatonin).

6. Never, ever, ever think that you have jetlag: jetlag is for wimps who have heard that it exists and therefore adopt it as the mark of the international traveller ('Ive just arrived from Umbo-umbo and I'm suffering from extreme jetlag: talk to me in three days') it does not exist and true international travellers do not suffer from it. Jetlag is in the mind, only, and the mind can overcome it, easily.

Mike