Getting enough sleep regularly can be tough — and even harder when you're traveling for the holidays. 'We need sleep like we need water,' says Jade Wu, a behavioral sleep medicine psychologist and author of the book Hello Sleep. She and host Regina G.
Getting enough sleep regularly can be tough — and even harder when you're traveling for the holidays."We need sleep like we need water,"discuss what's happening to our bodies when we get jet lag and the clocks in our body get out of whack. They also get into the science of the circadian rhythm and how to prepare for a long flight across time zones.
Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ atTraveling across multiple time zones can cause jet lag, a temporary sleep problem that happens when the body's circadian rhythm hasn't caught up to the destination time zone.Traveling across multiple time zones can cause jet lag, a temporary sleep problem that happens when the body's circadian rhythm hasn't caught up to the destination time zone.
Listen to every episode of Short Wave sponsor-free and support our work at NPR by signing up for Short Wave+ at This episode was produced by Rachel Carlson. It was edited by Rebecca Ramirez. It was fact-checked by Tyler Jones. The audio engineer was Jimmy Keeley.
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