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Jet lag
Jet lag is your body clock running on home time after you fly. Timed light, a shifted sleep schedule and, where allowed, melatonin can cut it short.
Evidence:
Some
Medium effort
Low cost
Works:
2–7 days
Melatonin
Melatonin is better at shifting your body clock than at knocking you out. For sleep onset it saves about 7 minutes on average. Low doses work; labels are often wrong.
Evidence:
Some
Low effort
Low cost
Works:
1–3 days for timing shifts