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Article: Using the argonne diet in jet lag prevention: Deployment of troops across nine time zones
- Article from:
- Military Medicine
- Article date:
- June 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright Association of Military Surgeons of the United States Jun 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Jet lag, a varying set of symptoms affecting performance and judgment in people who fly long distances, may have serious consequences for military personnel and operations. Diet is postulated as one low-cost, safe, and easily altered factor that may modify jet lag. Incidence and patterns of jet lag were evaluated, as well as an intervention with the Argonne diet, which alternates moderate feasting and fasting 4 days before departure, in 186 National Guard personnel deployed across nine time zones. As volunteers, 95 used the diet in preparation for deployment and 39 used it in preparation for return. Jet lag was significantly more frequent on either deployment or return or both for ...
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