Jet Lag

Dr Chris Idzikowski, director of The Edinburgh Sleep Centre:

"It takes five days to recover from a five hour flight to New York from Britain and 50% longer when flying eastwards.
When passengers are travelling west its like a long day
for the biological clock but when flying east, the clock tries to go
into reverse which is obviously harder.
The internal body clock steps up at dawn which is when
we can manipulate exposure to light, it's a way of fooling the
biological clock.
(BBC News)

His solution: wear sunglasses. I don't like the whole philosophy whereby we intend to "fool ourselves". It means you're either very smart, or (more likley), a fool.

Comments

[dearieme]

Does it matter whether we fly home from NZ eastbound or westbound?