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How to Travel Without Wrecking Your Sleep and Brain
About this episode
International travel is brutal on your mind, body, and sleep. We discuss the recent data and I share my current jet lag protocol (still evolving) to help minimize the damage after long flights.
Study Links:
Olympic Athletes + Jet Lag: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/public-health/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2022.998484/full
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction
01:08 - Where’s Kate?
02:00 - Bryan’s Travel Experiment
03:44 - Debunking the ‘CEO Lifestyle’
06:28 - Why Jet Lag Happens
08:00 - Jet Lag Recovery
14:00 - Improving Sleep
17:07 - Is Fighting Jet Lag Possible?
21:44 - Olympic Athlete Study
24:42 - Travel Rule of Thumb
33:55 - Shifting Your Mindset
35:10 - Setting Limits for Travel
44:25 - Jet Lag Protocol
50:41 - Stimulants During Travel
52:04 - Cryotherapy/Cold Therapy
53:00 - Episode Takeaways
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