Jet lag Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
physiological condition caused by travel across time zones
About Jet lag
Some people are affected more than others, but it tends to happen when crossing two or more time zones in a single flight (which first became commonplace with the development of commercial jet air travel, hence the term). While flying itself does not cause jet lag, it can be compounded by the fact that long hours spenton a planecan cause you to sleep too much, or not enough, possibly at the wrong time of day relative to where you departed from. The fatigue from travelling, plus the mismatch with local time, can leave you ready to fall asleep just after lunch, or being wide awake in the middle of the night, knowing that dawn is still several hours away. The length of the flightper sedoesn't cause jet lag, only the difference in time zones does. A flight from Paris to Johannesburg, while it
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