Sleep-wake-bio-rhythm The jetlag abruptly bunging?

A jetlag can spoil the first days of your vacation: the disturbance of the sleep-wake-rhythm disturbs our body and causes some complaints. Researchers have now found a way how travelers can be helped: A jet lag can obviously "flash away".
Jetlag spoils many of the first days of travel
Most holidaymakers and business travelers flying to distant lands know it: jetlag. He can pretty much affect the first few days at the destination. As a rule, jet lag is associated with complaints such as sleep disturbances in the form of drowsiness and drowsiness, tiredness, dizziness, mood swings, loss of appetite and reduced performance. One of the most common tips for long-haul flights is to adapt to the timing of the destination during the flight to avoid jet lag. For example, if arriving late at night, they should try to stay awake during the flight. Health experts also advise too much light and relaxation that can help counteract the effects. Light is also the focus of a method against jet lag that US researchers have now discovered.

A jet lag upsets everything. Image: Henrie-fotolia

Change biorhythm with flashlight abruptly
According to a report by the BBC, scientists at Stanford University believe that the biorhythm can be changed more or less abruptly with flashlight. This could help travelers adapt to a new time zone and overcome jet lag. According to a message from the university, initial attempts had been successful. It has been reported that during the study, 39 people were repeatedly exposed to light rays of about the same intensity as flashlight. The scientists found that one hour of such treatment had delayed the internal clock of the "flashed" subjects by about two hours.

Between the flashes in the dark recover
The researchers around Jamie Zeitzer assume that the light rays penetrate through the closed eyelids into the brain and cause it to change the internal clock. The flashlight deceives the brain and makes it believe that the day is longer than it actually is. Thus the internal clock is changed over, so the working thesis of the scientists. Zeitzer called the therapy "biological hacking". He is convinced that "this could be a new way to adapt to changes in time much faster than current methods". According to him, flashlight was particularly effective because the ten-second intervals give light-detecting cells the opportunity to recover between the flashes in the darkness. (Ad)