Shift Your Body Clock With Peanuts To Avoid Jet Lag
Gradually shifting your body clock, largely regulated by the liver, by slowing digestion with nuts can help reduce jet lag after a long flight overseas.
Most nuts (and peanuts, which aren’t nuts) slow the digestion of carbohydrates by an average of two hours. For a 2-hour shift ahead, for example, simply eat 8 peanuts prior to eating at your regular mealtimes.
A 3-hour shift ahead requires eating an hour later than you normally would, with a small handful of nuts. For greater time differences or if you’re just bad at math, a short fast will engage your “feed clock”.
“If, for example, you are travelling from the US to Japan, you are forced to adjust to an 11-hour time difference.
“Because the body’s biological clock can only shift a small amount each day, it takes the average person about a week to adjust to the new time zone.
“A period of fasting with no food at all for about 16 hours is enough to engage this new clock.
Buy and Use International Phones: Unlock to Talk
July 31, 2008 by Anil P.
Filed under Sponsored Reviews
Remove the single carrier restrictions and switch cell phone providers with the services of Unlock to Talk. The company can unlock your cell phone through you computer or at one of their walk-in locations.
Prices At The Pump Stay The Same, No Matter What You Pay With
July 30, 2008 by Anil P.
Filed under Pictures and Video
Last week I posted on an ABC News story that reported drivers pay a few cents extra per gallon for gas when paying with a credit or debit card. I wanted to know if gas prices go up when you pay with a credit card, so I decided to found out – here’s what I found.
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In both instances I was able to fill up the same amount of gas (3.677 gallons) for the same amount of $15. To be fair I went to two other gas stations to verify the results. I tried a similar experiment done by ABC News at a local Exxon station.
Travel Unravel: I Lost My Luggage and Can’t Get In Touch With The Airline, Help!
July 28, 2008 by Anil P.
Filed under Travel Unravel
I’ve often get emails, chats, and comments asking me a variety of travel related questions. “Travel Unravel” is a series where I tried to answer these questions in a quick and concise manner with the help of readers in the comments.
Usha asked in the comments: My luggage was lost and after filing the necessary paperwork, I can’t reach anyone – what should I do?
Without knowing which airline this is or the circumstances of the loss, I can only give you a generic answer, but here’s my best shot. You did the best thing by notifying the airline right away of your loss. The next step is to write a letter and snail mail it since these will get you better responses and more compensation for your loss – which, by the way is $1,500 for international flights and $3,000 if your bags were lost in the United States. Give them, as best you can, a complete inventory and the approximate cost of everything in your suitcase.
I’d also recommend contacting the CEO’s office by telephone, email, and a letter explaining your situation. You can get this information online (here’s American Airlines’) or by doing a quick search of the Consumerist for “[airline CEO]“. No matter what, make sure that you keep calling and writing often until the issue is resolved.
Usha, the airlines are usually very disorganized in their process of returning bags, but despite this 99.995% of all bags lost are returned to their owners within 1 week – and I hope that yours are as well.
Readers, what have you done (or gone through) to get your lost bags – let us know in the comments!
Travel smarter,
foXnoMad
