Jet Lag and the Emotional Roller Coaster of Travel
Chapter 1

The body's internal master clock

Chapter 2

What happens when the clock breaks

Chapter 3

The mystery of the eastbound flight

Chapter 4

The hidden costs of chronic jet lag

Chapter 5

Outsmarting the lag

YOUR GOAL

Master of The science of jet lag

Ch 2 · What happens when the clock breaks
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diego Why brain fog makes you feel lost

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diego Jet Lag

When you fly across the globe, oh-oh, Your body's clock gets lost and slow! Circadian rhythm gets confused, yeah, Fatigue and tummy troubles you've accrued!

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diego The emotional roller coaster of travel

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The emotional roller coaster of travel

diego Lack of synchronized sleep disrupts emotional regulation in the brain.

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Why brain fog makes you feel lost

diego Cognitive functions decline sharply during acute jet lag.

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My Dizzy Clock
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diego Spin the dizzy clock to discover how jet lag disrupts your body's natural sleep cycle.

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Fun Fact

Jet lag brain: Jet lag can temporarily shrink parts of the temporal lobe, affecting memory, in people who fly frequently.

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Glossary
circadian rhythm (noun)
A natural, internal process that regulates the sleep-wake cycle and repeats roughly every twenty-four hours. Dr. Franz Halberg coined the term in 1959 while studying how biological desynchronization affects mammalian health.

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Gossip

What is your go-to cure for travel tiredness?

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Quiz

How does jet lag affect the billions of bacteria living in the human digestive tract?

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diego The sudden crash of digestive health

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Quiz

Which two hormones, crucial for mood and stress management, are heavily disrupted by jet lag?

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diego The physical exhaustion of cellular lag

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Quiz

Which brain structure that processes emotions becomes hyperactive when our sleep cycles are disrupted?

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Quiz

Frequent jet lag has been shown to temporarily shrink which part of the brain associated with memory?

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Quiz

At what time of day does human muscle strength and athletic performance naturally peak?

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Quiz

By what percentage can acute jet lag reduce a person's cognitive reaction times?

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Quiz

An acutely jet-lagged brain can perform similarly to a brain with what blood alcohol concentration?

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Quiz

Why does eating a heavy meal in a new time zone during 'local day' but 'home night' cause indigestion?

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