Sleep | Jet Lag | Melatonin

Majority of the living beings including humans, plants, animals, bacteria and viruses, show circadian rhythms. A circadian rhythm is a combination of physiological and behavioral changes that happen in an organism following a 24-hour cycle based on the amount of light and darkness in the environment. (more…)

There are several variables that can determine the time it takes to recover from jet lag. These variables can range from diet, exercise, time of day of flight, and direction of flight. The direction of flight has a large impact on the amount of time it takes to recover from a flight. It is commonly accepted that flying east is harder to adjust to than flying west.

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What is Jet Lag?

Jet lag is a new condition among the human population. With the invention of air travel came the ability of the “body’s clock” to fall out of synch with the destination location’s time. The official medical name of the condition is “desynchronosis.” Jet lag is in the group of sleep disorders known as circadian rhythm sleep disorders. When people have this condition they are unable to sleep in the proper time frames necessary for work, school, or other activities. The affected person can sleep well when allowed to sleep on the schedule of their bodies clock.

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