What is the best way to avoid the Jetleg?

Answer 1

I am the queen of jetlag. I have ended up in the hospital twice because of it. The most important things to avoid it are trying to sleep on flights (I have a hard time doing this) and drink lots of water and limit the alcohol. The thing that really messes you up is if you have a few layovers. I used to work in Afghanistan and to get from Canada and to there we had to fly to Amsterdam for a 8 hour layover, then to Dubai for another 8 hour layover then fly to Kabul and wait around for the military to pick us up. Good times. So I know what I am talking about. When you get where you are going you should try and stay up until a normal bed time. Sometimes you get in a a stupidly late hour and then you sleep in the day which really messes you up so try to get up at a reasonably time even if you don't want to and eat and drink lots of water. You will probably have to take a nap but force yourself to get up again so you go to bed at a normal time and try to get on the schedule with where you are. They say (and I tend to agree for the most part) that it takes a day for each time zone. So 5 hours time difference, 5 day recovery. 10 hours time differents, about 10 day to get into it. I have gotten it better then this know since I travel so much but I had to fly around the world a few times to get that going.

Answer 2

Whether you are travelling for business or pleasure the further your trip the more chance you stand of being caught out by jet lag. Some are lucky and never seem to be affected, however for others jet lag can be quite severe and something that we really would prefer to avoid.

Some people say that it actually takes the body one day per time zone that we cross to fully recover ! That is great as I calculate that I am now on a 12 hour flight that crosses 6 time zones all for a 6 day trip ! So my body will have just recovered by the time I am boarding my return journey!

This is why it is so important to actually minimise the affects jet lag has on us, after all if you are travelling on business you need to arrive fresh and ready for the heavy schedule, if you are on vacation, well you deserve every minute you can get right ?! Here we will look at a few ideas, that should help to ease the strain.

With increased air traffic a lot of airlines especially on their long haul services have actually introduced twice daily flights, one which normally departs in the evening and another the daytime. The airlines will sell you the advantages of both and it is true that they both do have very strong support. However, it very much depends which direction you are travelling in, and whether you are an active flyer or a 'wake me up when we land' sort. Let's use the Hong Kong to London route as an example, which a lot of airlines offer two flights a day. If you leave in the evening you will arrive in London in the early morning however if you take the daytime service you will arrive late evening in London.

This means with the daytime service you have 13 hours or so to fill, sleeping is not really advisable as you will need to do that when you arrive in London in the evening. As we all know airline movies can be good but the chances are if you travel frequently, or watch movies a lot then you may have already seen most of them. You can work of course but does the airline you are flying with have laptop electric supplies, otherwise you may be restricted to a couple of hours or so ? This is where the initial problem lies, because if you do fall asleep then chances are you will find it difficult to get to sleep that evening in London, this would then worsen the jet lag effect and possibly ruin the next day for you, due to fatigue.

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Answer 3

Drink lots of water before you go and during the flight. Avoid alcohol. Avoid caffeine. Don't eat too much on the flight. Depending on the flight times, try to sleep on the flight or stay awake. If you're arriving at your destination in the morning, then try to sleep on the flight so you can stay awake all day and get on the local time more quickly. If you're arriving at your destination in the evening, stay awake on the plane so you will be tired and able to go to sleep upon arrival.

Answer 4

Jetlag mostly happens when you're older, when you're young and used to go to bars and stay up all hours of the night it is not affecting you that much. After travel you're tired anyway. But if you're older and go on long flights, like Europe it's best not to drink any alcohol, maybe a glass of wine to get you tired and you can sleep when they turn off the lights. Best travel is when the airplane is half empty to check another seat and lay down and sleep.

Answer 5

They say drinking lots of water while on the plane helps a lot.

Answer 6

You cannot avoid it if you travel overseas! and if you cannot avoid the time difference silly question!

Answer 7

Well, I am not sure, but I never expirienced Jetlag when I went home

Answer 8

Do u mean Jetlag? Sleep my friend, sleep!!
Or maybe alcohol, then it doesn't matter what time it is!

Answer 9

take the train

Answer 10

Stay home.