I based my experiment on the new research of Dr Patrick Fuller of Harvard University reported in the journal Science, and which was featured in a British TV programme. His advice is to fast for at least 16 hours before the first meal at the new destination time zone.

A fuller summary of the advice can be found here http://www.louiseellis.com/blog/11908

• Calculate the length of your flight and ensure you don’t eat for a minimum of 16 hours. Depending on the length of your flight, this will probably require you not to eat for a few hours in your departure Country.
• Avoid eating food on the whole of the flight.
• You can drink plenty of water
• You MUST eat at the first regular meal time when you arrive (this is critical). This might even involve getting something to eat at the arrival airport to fit in with time zones.
• You can actually sleep on the plane according to this study, but don’t over do this and bear in mind what time of day you are arriving in the destination Country.
• When you arrive don’t go to sleep too early, but according to the study if you fast for a minimum of 16 hours the internal food clock will have activated and will have overridden the natural desire to sleep anyhow.

So, a full English breakfast on arrival should do it.

Not only did I not eat on my flight to China but I also avoided coffee or tea and restricted myself to just water. I was on an Air France flight and was turning down some good wines, to the horror of my fellow passengers.

Graham

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Google Alerts sent me a link to your blog.

Lynne