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Jetlag can damage your health
Recent research has proved that jetlag, and also working/partying irregular hours, is detrimental to our health. However, the governing factor to maintain good health appears to be sleep – the lack of good quality sleep is the cause of declining health, not the act of travelling or working unusual hours itself. Both jetlag and working irregular shifts, damages health, a US study of elderly mice has suggested.
Writing in Current Biology, the team led by Dr Gene Block, said: “Whatever the precise mechanism, this raises important issues about the safety of counter-clockwise rotating shift work [where people's shift patterns are altered causing them to have less sleep] and the potential long-term health consequences for airline crews regularly crossing time zones.
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