Pack Light For Your Next Trip
Do you notice that you feel tired after traveling to a new time zone? Dysrhythmia, or jet lag, occurs after east-west air travel when your internal clock is not synchronized with your new time zone. Without any interference it takes your body one day per time zone change to adjust, taking almost two to three weeks sometimes to completely realign your systems, giving you that feeling that you need a vacation from your vacation.
Until recently, jet lag was dismissed merely has an unpleasant side effect of travel, but new research suggests that it may cause memory loss, and negative side effects on blood pressure. However, there is a new solution to those problems: light therapy.
Researchers at NASA have found with light therapy it is possible to shift your internal clock up to six time zones in one day and twelve in two days. Packing a light for light therapy on your next trip will save you some wasted energy time.
Some tips to remember, when traveling east, seek bright light in the morning, and traveling west, seek bright light in the evening. You only need to expose yourself to an hour on the first day of travel and 30 minutes the second day to be completely refreshed and jet lag free. Typically, you will know you have received sufficient light as most people feel a sense of alertness, higher energy and improved mood. For your next trip remember light therapy for jet lag.
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