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Sarah Finley

Sleep experts explain how to get over jet lag (and avoid the worst of it)

A woman with dark hair sleeps on a plane with yellow seats as a way to avoid jet lag and get over it quickly if she does experience it.

Flying to an exotic location is exciting, but jet lag can spoil your experience at first. It can affect you mentally and physically, causing brain fog and exhaustion that lasts for days. Learning how to get over jet lag (and even how to avoid it) and fix your sleep schedule afterwards is something every traveller should get to grips with.

Most of us know some secrets about how to handle jet lag, but are there other simple things to do before and after boarding the plane to help your body and mind adjust to your destination's time zone.

To help you, we recently spoke to sleep experts to get their top tips for how to avoid to jet lag, how to get over it if you do experience it, and how to fix your sleep schedule afterwards. From controlling light exposure to keeping hydrated, below are their expert tips for relieving your time zone problems when flying...

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