What is the best way to avoid jet lag???
By Stiffler07
@Stiffler07 (1356)
United States
May 19, 2007 10:06pm CST
A friend of mine chalks up 100,000 air miles a year and he swears by melatonin, a hormone,released by the pineal gland,that lets the body know what time of the day it is. By taking melatonin for a few days after his flight, he does seem to get his act together with impressive speed. Melatonin can be bought in a local supermarket. Do you have anything you do??? ....(Details)
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@scarywhitegirl (2766)
• United States
20 May 07
I had never heard of using melatonin for this purpose, though I know it does have some properties relating to getting restful sleep.
When I have flown in the past, I have never crossed more than two time zones, so I usually adjust my body's internal clock by going to bed at the same local time I would as if I were at home. For example, if I normally go to bed at 10 p.m., I would wait until 10 p.m. local time to go to bed, even if that is a couple of hours before or after my normal time zone. By the next morning, I am usually adjusted to the new time zone.
@Stiffler07 (1356)
• United States
28 May 07
Yes, it does take a little bit to adjust from different time zones. Ty 4/answer.
@kynni204 (2031)
• United States
20 May 07
I have heard of Melatonin. I didn't realize it helped jet lag...Now I know and I can spread the news. My girlfriend travels an awful lot. I will tell her about it. My husband used to travel over seas playing basketball all the time and the time difference was huge in some cases ...too bad we didn't know about melatonin then...thx
@Stiffler07 (1356)
• United States
21 May 07
It's worth a try, my friend says it works great.I didn't know your man played ball, is he any good?
