Jet lag. Just thinking of those two words makes me tired. Turns out, people who frequently experience jet lag may have problems thinking as well as sleeping.
New research shows that chronic jet lag — the kind frequent international travelers, pilots and flight attendants may suffer ? doesn?t just mess up travelers? sleep patterns for a few days immediately following a trip; it can have long-term effects on the brain?s memory and cognitive functions. Studies performed on hamsters, simulating repeated jet lag from a New York-to-Paris flight, showed that brain activity in the hamsters was still disrupted a month after the hamsters returned to a normal schedule. Not only were the animals tired from the repeated simulated ?flight? spanning several time zones, but they continued to experience problems with learning and memory tasks weeks later.
So what does that mean for the traveler who frequently criss-crosses time zones?
?The takeaway is that if you are repeatedly jet lagged, …
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