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    The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet was developed by Dr. Charles F. Ehret of Argonne National Laboratory to help travelers and shift workers adjust their body clocks to new time zones. The diet uses a feast-fast pattern in the days leading up to travel to stimulate the body's circadian rhythms. It involves eating high-protein meals to stimulate the active cycle and high-carbohydrate meals to stimulate sleep. Fast days help prepare the body clock for resetting with low-calorie, light meals. The diet recommends determining destination meal times, following the feast-fast pattern, and breaking the final fast with a high-protein breakfast at the destination.

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    The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet was developed by Dr. Charles F. Ehret of Argonne National Laboratory to help travelers and shift workers adjust their body clocks to new time zones. The diet uses a feast-fast pattern in the days leading up to travel to stimulate the body's circadian rhythms. It involves eating high-protein meals to stimulate the active cycle and high-carbohydrate meals to stimulate sleep. Fast days help prepare the body clock for resetting with low-calorie, light meals. The diet recommends determining destination meal times, following the feast-fast pattern, and breaking the final fast with a high-protein breakfast at the destination.

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    The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet was developed by Dr. Charles F. Ehret of Argonne National Laboratory to help travelers and shift workers adjust their body clocks to new time zones. The diet uses a feast-fast pattern in the days leading up to travel to stimulate the body's circadian rhythms. It involves eating high-protein meals to stimulate the active cycle and high-carbohydrate meals to stimulate sleep. Fast days help prepare the body clock for resetting with low-calorie, light meals. The diet recommends determining destination meal times, following the feast-fast pattern, and breaking the final fast with a high-protein breakfast at the destination.

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    The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet

    The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet is helping travelers quickly adjust their bodies' internal clocks
    to new time zones. It is also being used to speed the adjustment of shift workers, such as
    power plant operators, to periodically rotating work hours. The diet was developed by Dr.
    Charles F. Ehret of Argonne's Division of Biological and Medical Research as an application
    of his fundamental studies of the daily biological rhythms of animals. Argonne National
    Laboratory is one of the US Department of Energy's major centers of research in energy and
    the fundamental sciences.

    How to avoid jet lag:

    1. DETERMINE BREAKFAST TIME at destination on day of arrival. You do not have to


    eat at destination meal times until you are on the plane.
    2. FEAST-FAST-FEAST-FAST - Start four days before breakfast time in step 1. On day
    one, FEAST; eat heartily with high-protein breakfast and lunch and a high-
    carbohydrate dinner. No coffee except between 3 and 5 p.m. On day two, FAST on
    light meals of salads, light soups, fruits and juices. Again, no coffee except between
    3 and 5 p.m. On day three, FEAST again. On day four, FAST; if you drink caffeinated
    beverages, take them in morning when traveling west, or between 6 and 11 p.m.
    when traveling east.
    3. BREAK THE FINAL FAST at destination breakfast time. No alcohol on the plane. If
    the flight is long enough, sleep until normal breakfast time at destination, but no
    later. Wake up and FEAST on a high protein breakfast. Stay awake and active.
    Continue the day's meals according to mealtimes at the destination.

    FEAST on high protein breakfast and lunches to stimulate the body's active cycle. Suitable
    meals include steak, eggs, hamburgers, high-protein cereals, green beans.

    FEAST on high carbohydrates suppers to stimulate sleep. They include spaghetti and other
    pastas (but no meatballs), crepes (but no meat filling), potatoes, other starchy vegetables,
    and sweet desserts.

    FAST days help deplete the liver's store of carbohydrates and prepare the body's clock for
    resetting. Suitable foods include fruit, light soups, broths, skimpy salads, unbuttered toast,
    and half pieces of bread. Keep calories and carbohydrates to a minimum, preferably under
    800 calories per day.

    1 2 3 4
    FEAST FAST FEAST FAST
    B high protein light foods high protein light foods

    L high protein light foods high protein light foods

    D high carbo. light foods high carbo. light foods

    Coffee, tea, cola, other caffeinated beverages allowed only between 3 and 5 p.m.
    The Argonne Anti-Jet-Lag Diet

    BREAKING THE FINAL FAST


    Westbound: If you rink caffeinated beverages, take them morning before departure.

    Eastbound: Take them between 6 and 11 p.m. If flight is long enough, sleep until
    destination breakfast time. Wake up and FEAST beginning with a high protein breakfast.
    Lights on. Stay active.

    SAMPLE MENUS

    [Feast Day]

    Breakfast:
    Plenty of steak, eggs, ham, cheese
    Milk (as much as you want)
    Some orange juice
    One piece of bread, lightly buttered

    Lunch:
    Lots of assorted cold cuts like chicken, turkey and lean meat
    Assorted cheeses (as much as you want)
    One cup of vegetables
    One apple, pear, banana or bunch of grapes

    Dinner:
    Pasta with a meatless tomato sauce
    One piece of bread, lightly buttered
    Fruit salad (as much as you want)
    Cake, cookies
    Alcoholic beverages (reasonable amounts)

    [Fast Day] *daily caloric intake should be less than 800.

    Breakfast:
    One egg any style
    ½ cup yogurt
    ½ cup orange juice

    Lunch:
    ½ cup of packed tuna or salmon with lemon juice
    One piece of bread, lightly buttered or with light mayo
    Few slices of tomato and few leaves of lettuce
    ½ cup milk

    Dinner:
    Medium sized salad solely consisting of pure vegetables
    1 tablespoon salad dressing
    One piece of bread, lightly buttered
    One (optional) alcoholic beverage
    One apple or pear

    Main source: http://www.netlib.org/misc/jet-lag-diet

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