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Article: Conquering Jet Lag With Common Sense
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- December 27, 1992
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What every trans-Atlantic traveler needs is an easy remedy for
jet lag - those droopy, washed-out blahs that plague almost everyone
for a few days after an overnight flight to Europe. A former airline
executive, who has made more than 100 trips across the Atlantic,
thinks he has come up with a common-sense approach to the problem.
The secret is to avoid all coffee, tea, alcohol,
non-prescription drugs and food on the day you are flying, says
Stephen F. Forsyth, president of Forsyth Travel Library, a travel
book and map store in Shawnee Mission, Kan. Skipping meals may seem
a drastic sacrifice, but the reward is arriving in Europe feeling
"refreshed and alive."
Yes, this even means ...