Sleep Bank: the Strategy that Could Soften the Jet Lag

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Traveling to another continent may feel as if your body has lost its own schedule map. That internal confusion is the dreaded jet lag, caused by the mismatch between the circadian rhythm and the new time zone. And although there is no "trick" that erases it from a plume, there is an increasingly commented strategy in the scientific field: the sleep bank or sleep banking. The idea is simple: sleep more hours than usual before a trip to accumulate…

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In fact, in Spain every year more flights are scheduled from Madrid to Caracas, Havana, Asunción or Medellín (Colombia), to cite a few examples. And when traveling so far, there appears a possible side effect that can affect us at the physical level and in mental health: the jet lag. The jet lag or time lag, which arises after moving quickly to a destination at several time zones of the usual, produces insomnia or alterations in the moments of s…