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    TIME ZONE TROUBLE

    Jun 23, 2020 5 minutes

    Whether you travel for business or pleasure, chances are you’ve experienced jetlag. Its effects can range from being a little sleepy at the wrong time of day to feeling disorientated and almost #u-like.

    But what causes us to experience jetlag in the first place? Dr Vikki Revell of the University of Surrey has been researching jetlag for the past 14 years, and how it affects travellers and shift workers. She says one of the main causes of jetlag is ‘circadian misalignment’, where your body click is 41:571 out of sync with the sleep/wake cycle you want to be on.

    “The reason it happens is your body clock can’t instantly reset,” she says. “It takes about an hour to adjust for each time zone you travel and your body can basically shift about an hour per day. So for you to fully adapt to a five-hour time change, it’s going

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