That’s simply not possible if you have changed time zones. Sorry, it’s true. You can’t outrun chronobiological dyschronism, otherwise known as jet lag, which catches up with you within about twenty-four hours after you have changed your daily schedule of eating and sleeping, and then escalates if you don’t take any anti-jet lag measures. Actually, you don’t even have to leave your hometown to get the same symptoms international travelers experience; shift workers suffer from chronobiological dyschronism every time they change to a new shift. (Nighttime shift work is the worst because human beings are daytime creatures programmed to be alert during the day and snoozing at night. Double whammy.)
People Who Claim Not to Experience Jet Lag
Those folks who feel they are free from jet lag symptoms after they change time zones fall into two categories:
1) Travelers who have stumbled upon a few techniques to reduce, if not eliminate, symptoms.
2) Travelers who are in a perpetual state of chronobiological dyschronism because of work schedules or lifestyle habits.
In the first category, international or coast-to-coast travel at a rapid pace (you’re not walking, driving, boating, but flying, obviously) causes cellular chaos when you land and have to adjust not only your wristwatch (or electronic devices), but your daily routine. Remember that famous quote by St. Ambrose: “When in Rome, live as the Romans do; when elsewhere, live as they do.” THAT’s one of the secrets to slowing down the effects of just lag — but just one. Still, if you’ve been doing the equivalent of donning a toga in Rome from the minute you step off the plane, you are on to one of the techniques that helps with jet lag symptoms. And I often hear people who claim not to experience jet lag symptoms mention that they wrestle with themselves over whether to get out of bed when they are feeling jet-lagged in Rome, but they do — on Rome time.
The second category comprises folks who drink coffee or tea all day long and even into the night. Hugely powerful, body clock wrecking, natural chemicals called methylated xanthines are found in these drinks. Drinking them continuously or at what Dr. Ehret would call the “wrong” time of day, can keep you in a constant state of that chronobiological dyschronism. Here’s a teaser: these chemicals — methylated xanthines — can actually help stabilize your body clocks IF you drink them at the proper time of day. You just need to know when they will work FOR you, as compared to AGAINST you.
The amazing thing about Dr. Ehret’s 3-Step System is that it combines EVERY technique that works — including the ones he spent 30 years developing under the auspices of the U.S. Government. For travelers in category one, yes, you are doing something right to counter jet lag symptoms, but there is a lot more you can do to eliminate ALL symptoms. For travelers in category two, Dr. Ehret’s cure for jet lag can actually help you reorganize your body clocks and get the timing straightened out. You’ll be amazed at how much better you can feel, even though you didn’t think you felt unwell to begin with.