While I can't respond to all of the points brought up by this article, it is pretty effing obvious
that worrying about jet lag on a trip from Norway to New York is total BS. Anyone with an ounce of
sense and some experience will realize that you need to go from New York to Norway (or farther) to
test this if you are serious about truth and reality. It is very easy to reset your biological
clock going west for a certain number of hours, compared to going east. If you have insomnia, you
can skip one night of sleep, stay up all the next day and then go to bed at the proper time that
evening...
Using proofs like this makes me think that people are either singularly dumb, or they are purposely
trying to cloud the issues.
Yes, there may be unsupported claims.
Dan
Does melatonin alleviate jet lag?
Thousands take it for this purpose, but the benefits have never been clear. Various dosages of
melatonin have been used in studies, making comparisons difficult. "Jet lag" itself is hard to
measure. As reported recently in the American Journal of Psychiatry, a team of researchers devised a
scale for measuring symptoms, and a group of Norwegian physicians flying between Oslo and New York
were recruited as subjects. Melatonin showed no benefit against jet lag. If you're flying east,
exposing yourself to sunlight the next morning is a pretty good treatment—most purveyors of
melatonin suggest this, in addition to the pills. It's possible, though, that light is more
effective than melatonin. You might be just as well off without the pills. Or maybe light works with
the pills. Nobody knows.
Bottom line: The jury is still out on melatonin and jet lag.
Dee wrote:
http://wellnessletter.com/html/ds/dsMelatonin.php going back to the
melatonin posts, I found this which should be read, I think. Any
comments? Dee
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