Alter meal times before you travel

If you often travel between different time zones for work, or you’re doing a lot of travelling in one stint (lucky you), it could be helpful to change up your mealtimes in anticipation of arriving in a new time zone so your gut can adjust more easily.

“Some people find it helpful to alter when they may eat their meals before they travel,” says Turner. “By pre-empting when you want to eat your dinner and breakfast a few days before you travel, it can help alleviate digestive issues before you reach your destination.”

Get a dose of morning sunlight

One of the best things you can do to reset your body clock when you arrive in a new part of the world is to get out into natural light in the morning. This kick starts your sleep-wake cycle and has a huge impact on your gut’s routine, too.

“As soon as we are in a new place we want our bodies to run like normal, and unfortunately, some of these cycles, such as the sleep-wake cycle, are inbuilt into our physiology and there’s not much we can do to reset it apart from getting up first thing in the morning and trying to hack it that way,” says Turner.

“As soon as you’re in a new destination try and get out on the sun at the hour you want to wake up so that you can reset your circadian rhythm and adjust it to the new time zone. When we land, jetlag can take over and we just want to sleep straight away, but if we bear with it and get out into natural light it will get our body processes in check.”

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