| Jet lag can have a nasty effect on your body | | | | will allow you to change your sleep patterns so |
| after you have taken a long flight. Historically, jet | | | | much that you can completely mimic the timing of |
| lag has had a reputation as not being a medically | | | | your destination, but the closer you get to |
| reputable ailment. It was often considered | | | | matching the actual time difference will benefit |
| something that was in somebody’s head. It | | | | you greatly. |
| was thought of as an effect of long flights that | | | | Other methods of preventing jet lag are things |
| only really gets to individuals with a weaker | | | | that you may already be doing on a day-to-day |
| constitution. In reality, jet lag does have an actual | | | | basis. Eating right is an example of one way to |
| physiological effect on the body. What happens is | | | | fight jet lag. Taking in a proper balance of |
| relatively basic; the change in time throws off | | | | nutrients will stabilize your digestive system and |
| your biological clock. The time that your body is | | | | give your body the right kind of energy |
| telling you that you should be going to sleep is still | | | | necessary for your daily activities. This will make |
| in the time zone that you left when your trip | | | | your body healthier overall, and in doing so help it |
| began, but your body is now in a different | | | | to fight off the effects of jet lag. In the vein of |
| situation. Your body may be telling you that you | | | | general health concepts helping to fight jet lag, |
| need to go to sleep because it thinks it is the | | | | regular exercise is recommended leading up to a |
| middle of the night, when actually it is only the | | | | long flight. That does not mean that you will be |
| middle of the day. Extreme fatigue can lead to | | | | immune to jet lag, just that the effects should be |
| further symptoms such as dehydration, | | | | less severe. A final point of pre-flight importance |
| headaches and grogginess. In the end, jet lag | | | | is to remove stress from your life. This sounds |
| leaves you barely functional. This can be bad if | | | | impossible at first. After all, you are going on |
| you are going on a pleasure trip to relax and get | | | | vacation to for that purpose. Take care of your |
| away from your day-to-day life. If you are | | | | travel plans well in advance. Take care of all |
| travelling on an important business trip, then jet | | | | necessary tasks ahead of time and avoid stress |
| lag can be disastrous. | | | | in close proximity to your flight time. Less stress |
| Rumored solutions for jet lag range from the | | | | will leave you more energized physically, mentally |
| mythical to the unhealthy. Many frequent flyers | | | | and emotionally. This will help you deal with jet lag. |
| claim to have their own sure-fire methods of | | | | Once on the plane there are wide varieties of |
| dealing with the ailment. However, there is not | | | | things you can do. Wearing sound resistant |
| any one cure-all treatment for jet leg. Instead, | | | | headphones can help you sleep better. Sleeping on |
| there are a number of treatments available to | | | | the plane can help your biological clock cope with |
| alleviate the effects of jet lag. This will help | | | | the transition. Another simple solution to jet lag |
| ensure that your trip is enjoyable. | | | | comes from wearing sunglasses. Your biological |
| Treatment for jet lag starts well before take-off. | | | | clock often works in response to the light that is |
| Indeed, preventing the ill effects of long flights can | | | | around it. If the airplane is well lit, then your |
| start weeks ahead of time. One of the most | | | | biological clock will think it is daytime and not allow |
| important things to do is control your sleep | | | | you to sleep easily. Many seasoned travelers, with |
| patterns. Getting to bed and waking up at | | | | some medical support, claim that wearing |
| consistent times night after night and morning | | | | sunglasses can actually trick your body into |
| after morning will help get your internal clock | | | | thinking it is nighttime while you are flying. |
| functioning well. Then, when you get within range | | | | However, to do this successfully you have to |
| of your trip, you start messing with your internal | | | | wear the sunglasses before getting on the flight, |
| clock a little bit. Depending on the way in which | | | | and for some time afterwards. This can become |
| the time zones are changing between destinations, | | | | difficult if airport security asks you to remove |
| you adjust when you go to sleep. Go to bed | | | | them. |
| either fifteen minutes earlier or fifteen minutes | | | | Jet lag can cause a negative effect on your |
| later each night, and alter your waking time (to | | | | vacation and by following these steps; your |
| whatever extent possible) in similar intervals. This | | | | vacation can be much more enjoyable. Plan |
| will slowly bring your biological clock to a point | | | | accordingly, when you travel long distances, and |
| where it can run at a similar time to the time at | | | | you are sure to have a wonderful vacation or |
| your destination. It is unlikely that your schedule | | | | successful business trip. |