The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory shared some exciting news that the frequent, and perhaps even the not-so-frequent, flyer will appreciate: Biologists at the laboratory have developed a comprehensive free source of information about how to use the famous Anti-Jet-Lag Diet -- which helps travelers fend off jet lag.
The free online information provides a full frequently-asked-questions page that includes information about food choices, caffeine use and the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet's origin and history.
And for a small fee, travelers can use Argonne-developed software to compute an individualized Anti-Jet-Lag Diet customized to their specific itinerary.
How Does the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet Work?
Anyone traveling across three or more time zones can use the Anti-Jet-Lag plan to eliminate or reduce jet lag (i.e. feelings of irritability, insomnia, indigestion and general disorientation) that occur when the body's inner clock is out of sync with the time cues it receives from the environment. Such time cues include meal times, sunrise and sunset and daily cycles of rest and activity.
In other words, the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet uses nature's time cues to help your body quickly adjust to a new time zone.
But Does the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet Really Work?
It certainly sounds promising; according to researchers, travelers who use the diet are:
Seven times less likely to experience jet lag when traveling west.
Sixteen times less likely when traveling east.
In fact, over the last two decades, the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet has helped hundreds of thousands of travelers -- such as government agencies, athletes, musicians and service agencies -- avoid jet lag.
Argonne National Laboratory May 20, 2005
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Gary Craig's Comment:
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is often useful for jet lag. It has a way of normalizing the system even though traveling across time zones can result in a discrepancy between the circadian rhythms, the biological clock of your body, and the real time zone you are in. People have successfully minimized jet lag by doing a few rounds of EFT tapping at periodic times during the flight. It is simple to do and the potential rewards are well worth the effort.
A friend of mine, Willem Lammers of Switzerland, used this process for jet lag while traveling to and from the U.S. and Canada. He wrote to me the following: "I didn't have a trace of jet lag symptoms. Of course traveling west is much easier than traveling east, so I decided to wait with sending this post until I arrived home. I flew back to Switzerland after a week in Toronto and a week in California, so I had to overcome a nine hour lag. After arriving I had to correct for only one hour. The first night home I was awake for an hour between 4 and 5 a.m., but for the rest there were no signs of jet lag."
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