How I Beat Jet Lag

I used to get horrible jet lag.Not the “a little groggy” jet lag.More like the “find a reason not to go” flu symptoms type jet lag. A few years ago I finally dug into the science, thanks largely to Satchin Panda’s work at the Salk Institute. I’ve now run my protocol on more than 12 international trips. Jet lag has gone from the thing that wrecked my trips to pretty much a non-event. People keep asking how I do it, so here it is. But I’m not going to hand you a list of tips. Tips without a model are voodoo. Once you understand the science of why jet lag happens, the fixes become obvious, and you can debug your own trips. Every cell in your body has a clock Start with three facts from biology: Bio 101: Your genes do their work by making proteins. Bio 202: Most genes aren’t on all the time. Their output rises and falls across the day. Bio 303: That rhythm is everywhere. In 2014, researchers sampled 12 organs in mice every two hours for two days. Nearly half the genes that make proteins…