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Still not feeling 100% after my long flight home from the UK. A friend sent me this information about jet-lag. Can't say that it is all completely sound, but most seems reasonable to me, so I am sharing it with you:
"Insomnia at night, drowsiness during the day, difficulty in concentrating and
physical tiredness, stomach trouble, and generally feeling unwell - these are
the most common signs of jet-lag.
This happens because the brain is not prepared for crossing several time zones
in a few hours, which is what happens in long flights.
When you arrive at your destination, your biological clock is still regulated,
for a while, by your time of origin, whilst the sun and all the rest is in a
different time scale.
In certain cases even with jet lag precautions, it can take up to 4 or 5 days
to get back to normal. Full recuperation - meaning that your body has overcome
all the deregulation - can take up to 15 days after an eastward journey and up
to 12 days after a westward trip. According to some experts, jet lag effects
last the same number of days as the number of time zones crossed on the flight.
ADVICE
1- Sleep well before the trip.
2- Try to sleep at night during the flight. On a westward flight daylight lasts
longer but even so do your best to sleep.
3- As soon as you arrive, even if it is hard, try to get used to the local
rhythm of sleeping times and mealtimes.
4- Avoid intense light, because daylight plays a part in the confusion which
occurs in your organism.
5- After an eastward flight, avoid morning light as long as you can.
6- After a long flight, either eastward or westward, avoid intense light at the
end of the day.
7- When you arrive, try to reserve two or three days for resting. "
Any comments?
Posted by Kurma on 30/7/05; 1:12:44 PM
from the Travel dept.
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Saturday, July 30, 2005
