Jet Lag Diet

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Anti-Jet-Lag Diet (9/24/2004)

Argonne National Laboratory (US Gov't Printing off: 1993-746-962)

The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet helps travelers quickly adjust their bodies' internal clocks to new time zones. It also helps speed the adjustment of shift workers, such as power plant operators, to periodically rotating work hours. Dr. Charles F. Ehret of Argonne's Division of Biological and Medical Research developed this diet as an application of his fundamental studies of the daily biological rhythms of animals. Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Departments of Energy's major centers of research in energy and the fundamental sciences. Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois, 60439.

How to avoid Jet Lag:

• Determine Breakfast Time at destination on day of arrival

• Feast-Fast-Feast-Fast on Home time

  • • Start 3 days before departure day

    • Day 1 - FEAST: eat heartily with high-protein breakfast and lunch and a high-carbohydrate dinner. No coffee except between 3 and 5PM.

    • Day 2 - FAST: on light meals of salads, light soups, fruits, and juices. Again, no coffee except between 3 and 5PM.

    • Day 3 - FEAST again

    • Day 4 - departure day, FAST: if you drink caffeinated beverages, take them in AM when traveling west, or between 6-11pm when travelling east. Going west, you may fast only half day.

• Break Final Fast at destination breakfast time

  • • No alcohol on plane

    • If flight is long enough, sleep until normal breakfast time at destination, but no later

    • Wake up and FEAST on high-protein breakfast. Stay awake, active

    • Continue Day's meals according to meal times at destination

Countdown:

• • Westbound If you drink caffeinated beverages, take them AM before depature

  • Eastbound If you drink caffeinated beverages, take them between 6-11PM. If flight is long enough, sleep until destination breakfast time. Wake up and FEAST, beginning with a high-protein breakfast. Lights on Stay awake and active.)

Definitions:

• • FEAST on high protein breakfasts and lunches to stimulate the body's active cycle. Suitable meals include steak, eggs, hamburgers, high-protein cereals, green beans.

  • FEAST on high-carbohydrate suppers to stimulate sleep. They include spaghetti and other pastas (but no meatballs), crepes (but no meat filling), potatoes, other starchy vegetables, and sweet desserts.

  • FAST days help deplete the liver's store of carbohydrates and prepare the body's clock for resetting. Suitable foods include fruit, light soups, broths, skimpy salads, unbuttered toast, half pieces of break. Keep calories and carbohydrates to a minimum.