Its a valid question, will Jack or JIll experience more Jet Lag Effects.  Let’s take a look.

The severity of jet lag is commonly known to be caused by how many time zones crossed, direction of travel, hydration levels, noise, temperature levels, and amount of sleep before travel.

Questions of gender and age haven’t commonly been considered when trying to determine jet lag severity.  Let’s see which sex and age is more prone to jet lag.

Recent studies on air force crews have tested the effects of jet lag on gender.  The data showed that 33% of individuals tested suffered from jet lag.  According to the study jet lag severity was not found to be influenced by gender on a consistent basis.  However, it was found that if there was a difference in the reference period females were more susceptible to jet lag than males.

So no real difference between the genders, however in the same study age did seem to play a part in jet lag severity.  Specifically, the severity was found in sleep patterns.

Individuals who were 35 years of age or younger were reported to have a lessened affect from Jet Lag.  As we age the severity of jet lag only gets worse and our sleep patterns will become more interrupted.  At the end of the day however, all this is moot, because we have not discover ways to help combat these jet lag effects both through supplementation and proper planning, but that’s a whole another blog post

Happy Travels

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