Banish jet lag

Time is money, even on vacation, and you’ve probably grown tired of always dragging through your first few days because of jet lag. No sooner do you catch up on your sleep than it’s time to go home and experience jet lag redux. Resolve to try the Anti-Jet-Lag Diet before your next trip. The program, which alternates feast and fast for three days before travel, was developed at the Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois to help military personnel make quick adjustments when they are deployed halfway around the world. Research published last spring in Science magazine suggests that the fasting portion of the diet is what resets your internal clock. It’s easy to skip the airplane pretzels by concentrating on the canard à l’orange that you’ll enjoy wide awake — in Paris. Go to www.antijetlagdiet.com for details. The site will charge $16.95 to make the calculations for a round trip, but you can do it yourself for free.