Damned jet lag!

Traveling to far away places from East to West or West to East would be fun if it weren’t for jet lag and what it does to day. It is said that it takes one day per time zone to overcome it and that’s probably true.

Even in the most favorable direction (Eastbound) of our return trip from Europe, it took us a full week to recover the eight-hour time difference!

The scientific community says that jet lag is not just an inconvenience, it has a huge physiological impact on the human body. Folks who travel a lot are more likely to put on extra weight, behave badly and punish their cardiovascular system.

Apparently each one of the billions of cells in our body has its own clock, and vital functions including heartbeat, digestion and metabolism get all messed-up when organs can figure out which time it is.

As a result, more and more travelers are trying to fight jet lag with drugs like Melatonin, anti-anxiety medication like Xanax, gadgets like the Propeaq light-emitting glasses and there are even apps offered that can be installed on your smart phone!

We’re waiting to hear how these solutions work before we seriously consider them...