{"id":91808,"date":"2021-03-22T04:52:56","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T04:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=91808"},"modified":"2023-08-09T06:19:46","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T06:19:46","slug":"jet-lag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/jet-lag\/","title":{"rendered":"Jet lag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A condition suffered by people who travel long distances in planes, caused by rapid changes in time zones which affect sleep patterns and meal times and thus interfere with the body\u2019s metabolism.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Condition marked by fatigue, sleep disturbances, and sluggish body functions, caused by a disruption of the body\u2019s normal circadian (daily) rhythm resulting from travel through several time zones.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A groggy, dragging, &#8220;out-of-sync&#8221; feeling that is caused by lost sleep when a person crosses time zones during air travel. Jet lag is most frequent when a person flies eastward, thus subtracting hours from his or her day. To minimize jet lag, doctors recommend resetting the body&#8217;s clock to the sleep-wake pattern of one&#8217;s destination several days before departure; drinking plenty of fluids, avoiding the dehydrating effects of alcohol; eating lightly; and exercising regularly, but not late in the evening.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The commonly used, colloquial term for desynchronosis.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-gray-800 dark:text-gray-100 border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654] sm:AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-4 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>A transient disturbance in the natural sleep-wake cycle of the body that occurs after rapid air travel across multiple time zones. Jet lag is most pronounced among individuals who have traversed eight or more time zones within a 24-hour period.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"group w-full text-token-text-primary border-b border-black\/10 dark:border-gray-900\/50 bg-gray-50 dark:bg-[#444654]\">\n<div class=\"flex p-4 gap-4 text-base md:gap-6 md:max-w-2xl lg:max-w-[38rem] xl:max-w-3xl md:py-6 lg:px-0 m-auto\">\n<div class=\"relative flex w-[calc(100%-50px)] flex-col gap-1 md:gap-3 lg:w-[calc(100%-115px)]\">\n<div class=\"flex flex-grow flex-col gap-3\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] flex flex-col items-start gap-3 overflow-x-auto whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light AIPRM__conversation__response\">\n<p>Exhaustion and disturbance in the sleep-wake pattern due to the alteration of the body&#8217;s natural biorhythms when traveling across multiple time zones.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A condition suffered by people who travel long distances in planes, caused by rapid changes in time zones which affect sleep patterns and meal times and thus interfere with the body\u2019s metabolism. 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