Fasting May Fix Jet Lag 131
stoolpigeon writes "Reuters reports on a Harvard Medical School study on sleep patterns and how they relate to food. Researchers already knew that the sleep patterns of mice would change to match the opportunity to feed, but they did not know the mechanism that enabled the change. To find out, they looked for the part of the brain that was involved. They bred mice without a certain master gene that regulates the body's clock, and then targeted various parts of the brain with the gene, delivered in the shell of a virus. The results may, among other things, provide a new method for preparing to deal with jet lag: 'A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to engage this [alternate body] clock,' the lead researcher said. The study appears in the journal Science."
Poor mice (Score:1, Funny)
Better idea, and requires no fasting (Score:4, Funny)
Surely that's a "treatment protocol" that airline food could handle...
Next Ryan air Ad (Score:4, Funny)
Comparative Importance (Score:2, Funny)
Of course, jet lag is much less of an issue WHEN YOU'RE STARVING!
Oh well, so long as I can drink all I want....Re:You don't REALLY care because ... (Score:4, Funny)
Are you talking about the food or the customers?
Re:Is jetlag a /significant/ issue or just annoyin (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Another excuse for poor airline service ! (Score:5, Funny)
That would be about the only thing that could make the TSA a genuine public service.
Re:Comparative Importance (Score:3, Funny)
*SIGH* All the "funny" moderators must be at a picnic.
Re:You don't REALLY care because ... (Score:3, Funny)
Are you talking about the food or the customers?
Re:You don't REALLY care because ... (Score:3, Funny)
Are you talking about the food or the customers?
I think those mice are called rats.