The cure for jet lag might be all in your head. A new study by a team at Washington University in St Louis has shown that activating the brain’s neurons could alleviate the condition that plagues travelers across the world.
As Newsweek notes, when you travel to a different time zone, your body has to adjust its circadian rhythm which leads to jet-lag. The National Sleep Association defines the circadian rhythm as the biological clock that controls the times that we feel sleepy and wakeful. When you arrive in a new time-zone, your body is still technically running on your previous sleep/wake cycle and needs time to get used to your new environment. So, this results in the symptoms that we closely associate with jet-lag, namely fatigue, and disorientation. It can even cause stomach issues.
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