Healthy Traveling: How To Effectively Combat Jet Lag

By Kim England So you have arrived! One of the great things about travelling across time zones is often experiencing a new culture, new foods, new sights and sounds – maybe even a new language. What, then, do you do when you are so tired or out of sorts that you cannot enjoy any of it? While there is no easy way to completely beat jet lag, there are several steps you can take to ease the pain of crossing multiple time zones quickly. The main cause of jet lag is travelling to a different time zone without giving your body a chance to adjust to new night and day cycles. The more time zones you cross during your flight, the more your biological clock is disturbed. Common symptoms of jet lag include sleeplessness, tiredness, loss of appetite or appetite