620: Tips to Avoid Jet Lag

Beauty Bytes with Dr. Kay: Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon™

Kay Durairaj, MD, FACS @beautybydrkay

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Jet Lag, Melatonin, Circadian Rhythm, Zeitgebers - Joing us in this week's Five Minute Friday where we dive into a topic that resonates with all the jet setters out there — how to combat jet lag! As someone who travels globally for lectures and meetings, I understand the struggle with jet lag all too well. In this episode, we'll share some effective strategies and tools to help you synchronize your body's internal clock with new time zones, ensuring you stay on top of your game no matter where you are in the world. From innovative apps to utilizing zeitgebers, there are many ways to adjust your body's natural rhythm and avoid jet lag. Tune in us as we learn to travel smarter and stay vibrant, no matter the time zone!

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0:00.0	Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K's Secrets of a Plastic
0:19.6	Surgeon, and it's time for a podcast.
0:22.6	Today I'm talking to my jet setters and we're going to talk about avoiding jet lag.
0:27.6	What are my tips to beat jet lag?
0:30.4	And I've done some research and I travel a lot.
0:33.4	I go to lots of lectures and meetings around the world.
0:36.5	One of the perks of my amazing passion for aesthetics this year is I've been invited to so many lectures in different countries.
0:43.4	I love travel, but I do not love jet lag.
0:47.2	I did some research for you.
0:49.2	And one of the most important things you can do to hack travel is to really use these tips for avoiding jet lag.
0:58.8	So there's a really cool app.
1:00.9	It's called Time Shifter.
1:02.3	And you can input your travel schedule and it can spit out a plan for you starting a couple days ahead of your trip.
1:09.1	You tell the app where you're going and it will tell you
1:12.4	when to go out when to avoid light when to bathe in natural light when to drink your coffee when to
1:18.3	take your melatonin it kind of takes all those time zone shifts and all the calculations out of your
1:24.7	head so you can gradually adjust for a day or two before you leave.
1:28.5	When you get there, you're going to be so optimal. And on the way back, you're going to
1:32.6	phase back into your normal routine. And it works really, really well. It's called time
1:37.0	shifter. So try that app for jet lag. Now the research on jet lag is limited. A lot of it's on
1:43.5	athletes, because of course, they travel,
1:45.9	and they have to be optimally performing when they land, get off the plane, and get on the game field.
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