The Telegraph: Jet lag pill developed
Jan 20, 2015, 7:10 pm
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The Telegraph: Jet lag pill developed
Scientists have invented a pill to reset the body clock and end the sleepless misery of millions of nightshift workers, frequent fliers and insomniacs...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...-is-night.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...-is-night.html
Jan 20, 2015, 8:44 pm
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Scientists have invented a pill to reset the body clock and end the sleepless misery of millions of nightshift workers, frequent fliers and insomniacs...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...-is-night.html
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/scie...-is-night.html
Jan 22, 2015, 6:15 pm
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You can accomplish the same effect by using blue light therapy such as the portable Philips Go-Lite. I've used it for years and it really works. What is difficult is figuring out whether to reset forwards or backwards when you are travelling somewhere 12 hours different like China. The experts say forward but I find that more difficult. They way it wrks is that a few days before a trip you start waking up earlier by one hour each day, then get 20 minutes of blue light, which shuts off your brain's production of melatonin. It should make you sleepy an hour earlier each day at night. I lie it because I can usually fall asleep soon after takeoff at 8 pm and get a good night's rest when I reach Europe.
Jan 22, 2015, 6:30 pm
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You can accomplish the same effect by using blue light therapy such as the portable Philips Go-Lite. I've used it for years and it really works. What is difficult is figuring out whether to reset forwards or backwards when you are travelling somewhere 12 hours different like China. The experts say forward but I find that more difficult. They way it wrks is that a few days before a trip you start waking up earlier by one hour each day, then get 20 minutes of blue light, which shuts off your brain's production of melatonin. It should make you sleepy an hour earlier each day at night. I lie it because I can usually fall asleep soon after takeoff at 8 pm and get a good night's rest when I reach Europe.