Time Change? New Job? No Problem!

Whenever I go somewhere in a different timezone I let it beat me down for at least a few days before I acclimate to it. BIG MISTAKE! Use this hack to acclimate the first day. This also works if you have to change your sleep schedule for work, or any other activity.

Scientists have long known that our circadian rhythm is regulated by our exposure to light. Now
they have found a second "food clock" that takes over when we are hungry. This mechanism probably evolved to make sure starving mammals don't go to sleep when they should be foraging for food.

Not eating for 12-16 hours can help people quickly reset their sleep-wake cycle, according to a study from the Harvard Medical School. This discovery can drastically improve a person's ability to cope with jet lag or adjust to working late shifts.

The lead researcher Clifford Saper explains: "The neat thing about this second clock is that it can override the main clock...and you should just flip into that new time zone in one day."

It usually takes people a week to fully adjust to a new time zone or sleeping schedule. To think that this new "food clock" hack can help you change your internal clock in one day.

How Do You Use This Trick? It's pretty simple, just stop eating during the 12-16 hour period before you want to be awake. Once you start eating again, your internal clock will be reset as though it is the start of a new day. Your body will consider the time you break your fast as your new "morning."

Here's an example, if you want to start waking up at 2:00 am, you should start fasting between 10:00 am or 2:00 pm the previous day, and don't break your fast until you wake up at 2:00 am. Make sure you eat a nice healthy meal to jump start your system.

Dont be a copycat. Don't make the mistakes I do!





(quoting study published in the May 22 issue of Science).