How to beat jet lag: Why is jet lag worse when flying east?

By Michael Gebicki
Updated July 29 2016 - 12:10am, first published July 28 2016 - 11:58am
For Aussie travellers on holiday in Europe, the jet lag is likely to be worse when they get home than it is in Europe. Photo: iStock
For Aussie travellers on holiday in Europe, the jet lag is likely to be worse when they get home than it is in Europe. Photo: iStock

West if best, east is a beast. Heard that one before? It's the rhyme of the jet-lagged traveller. It is well known that travelling east, your body takes longer to adjust than travelling west and science has some fresh ideas that explain this phenomenon.