Pogue feed Harvard study: Avoid jet lag: fast for 12-16 hours before. Would someone try this and tell me if it works? http://www.wisebread.com/how-to-naturall...
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@Pogue I have not had jetlag in 20 years - put brown paper bag paper in yr socks...
@Pogue that implies you can't eat for 12-16 hours? Pass.
@Pogue Here's a definite way to avoid jet lag: sleep through the flight. Works every time!
@Pogue Just what we need, airports full of cranky, hungry people that are alert. I think I'll eat.
@Pogue - does this include the plane trip itself? Any more, you ARE fasting on the plane!
@Pogue I leave for Sydney, Australia in the am, maybe I can try it. I will read thru...
@Pogue A couple co-workers swear that they entirely avoid jetlag by fasting. I've never had the willpower to try. Ask @klocekian .
@Pogue A recent BBC documentary on sleep suggested fasting on the flight, then eating the next normal meal at destination to get in sync
@Pogue It works. You become so hungry that jet lag doesn't matter anymore.
@Pogue LOL
@Pogue tried a completely liquid diet the day before travelling to Tokyo from Ottawa area. Worked very well. Apparently its a military trick
@Pogue Im flying from Denmark to Green Bay, WI next friday. I'll let you know if it works on Saturday
@Pogue hey never got an autograph copy of your Twitter book as promised....I'm so sad.
@Pogue My dad's done the fasting twice. When we flew to Germany, he ate lunch the day we left, and didn't eat until breakfast the next day
@Pogue Going to Dubai from San Francisco in November for 5 days. I'd love to try this.
@Pogue Fast for 12-16 hours before a flight.. and then gorge on the gourmand delicacies available only on an airline? or school cafeteria!
@Pogue flying to London on the 21st, will try, hate to give -up fairly good food in business class but always have difclt time with jet lag
@Pogue RE: Jetlag study, did they consider simply taking shorter flights? That works for me - every time ;^)
@Pogue What, you don't want to?
@Pogue you should just check with all traveling consultants. Their diet consists of repressed anger and booze.
@Pogue When I fly to Rome fr NYC (4 times/yr) 6pm departure, never eat anything after 1 pm lunch until breakfast on jet @ 7am-NO JET LAG!
@Pogue Will try for my next trip from Singapore to London (13 hours flight time). Am I strong enough to resist all the onboard food served?
@Pogue Avoid jetlag by torturing yourself by not eating before so that you feel so good when you eat that you don't realize you have jetlag?
@Pogue I sleep deprive myself the night before travel (2-3 hours). Wake up feeling hungover and can't stay awake on a plane. No jet lag.
@Pogue IIRC @duncan did that recently on a PDX-FRA trip.
@Pogue it does. The BBC did a program on it a year ago. I'm flying to India in 24hrs and am doing it too!
@Pogue I work 3rd shift on my weekends I do this to be on a "normal" person schedule. Works well for me.
@Pogue more importantly from your 1st day of travel adjust ur meal times and type (breakfast etc) to that of your destination timezone
@Pogue The anti-jet-lag fast worked for me. Details: http://blog.duncandavidson.com/2009/07/a...
@Pogue That diet came from Argonne Nat'l Labs. Thought to reboot liver functioning timing. Worked for me-no caffeine or alcohol allowed, tho