A sleep scientist explains how to beat jet lag
Sleep scientist Dean Miller is advising our Olympians about recovering faster from jet lag. Here’s what he will tell them before they head to Paris.
It’s no secret that viewing sunlight can help us overcome jet lag. But what’s less well-known is that viewing it at the wrong times can actually make things worse.
“Basically, we have this point in our body clocks, let’s call it the start of our body clock, and it usually falls between midnight and 4am,” says Dean Miller, a sleep scientist who will help Australia’s Olympic team overcome the effects of jet lag when they head to Paris next month.
An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated that we need to view sunlight in the three to six hours before our pre-departure CBTmin to move our body clock earlier in the day. In fact, we need to view sunlight in the three to six hours after our pre-departure CBTmin to shift our body clock in that direction. The timings in our case study have been updated accordingly.
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