This Is the Best Time of Day to Arrive If You Want to Avoid Jet Lag, According to Travel Experts

""Your circadian rhythm plays an instrumental role in regulating almost every biological process, including sleep, hormone release, cognitive function, and body temperature. When you rapidly change time zones, your body continues to operate in the time zone it considers home," the company added. This wild misalignment with what your brain thinks is real vs. reality can spark everything from brain fog to digestive issues."

""Scheduling your flight so you land at a time between 14:00 and 17:00 puts your body in the ideal environment for exposure to daylight and the ability to stay awake until bedtime. This paves the way to a synchronized internal clock," they shared. But why, exactly, does this work? Well, according to Go2Africa, this 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. landing time allows your circadian rhythm to take in external cues, such as light and dark, to realign."

Jet lag results from misalignment between the internal circadian rhythm and local time, affecting sleep, hormones, cognition, and body temperature and causing brain fog and digestive issues. Exposure to daylight serves as the strongest external cue to reset the circadian clock. Landing between 14:00 and 17:00 maximizes afternoon light exposure and helps travelers stay awake until local bedtime, facilitating synchronization of the internal clock. Planning arrivals to allow natural light and dark signals during the afternoon and evening accelerates realignment and reduces common symptoms of jet lag.

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