While Some travellers may be complaining about the taste of the pasty pasta or the gluey chicken and rice dish they serve on most planes, the real reason you might want to skip the meal has nothing to do with taste, but with jet lag.

Melissa Biggs Bradley, a travel Expert, shared with Bloomberg some of her favorite travel tips that she collected during her many years of flying around the world gathering intel for her travel club members.

During her travels, Bradley has chatted up a lot of flight attendants for their insider knowledge, including one jet lag remedy that you may want to steal. According to Bradley, many flight attendants don’t eat on planes. Not a peanut or a pretzel or a reheated tray of beef and mashed potatoes—nothing.

That’s because they believe that at high-altitude your digestive system slows down, so by the time you land after a long flight your system is basically at a stand-still and has to re-start, which can make you tired. Instead they stay well-hydrated and eat when they are back on the ground. Bradley has tested the theory and believes that not eating works, and she feels less tired when she lands.

Of course, some experts point out that skipping meals on the plane may make you feel less tired for a different reason altogether—you’re getting more sleep by not waking for meals. Grab earplugs and an eye mask, and don’t wait up for that tray of mediocre food. The extra 30 minutes or so of sleep could make all the difference when you land.


http://sagetravels.com/why-you-should-stop-eating-food-on-planes-world-travel-expert/

Cc; Justwise seun Mynd44 lalasticlala I know you all dont joke with your food

Nigerian! They must 'eat' all their money oo

Lalasticlala day don break oh....

Abeg the food no dey make sense again... Apart from tea and crackers and muffins

Afonjashapmouth:
mmmmsheww that one for him pocket my stomach is always loaded with ogogoro before take off and enroute where ever i dey fly to, infact i dey always look for extra food. u no sabi how much tickect cost shuuuuu

Lemme Faint pls