Daylight Saving Time is coming
Posted Mar 8, 2014 05:59:47 AM.
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Clocks go forward one hour tomorrow morning for Daylight Saving Time.
While this leaves most people excited since winter will soon be over, studies have shown that the transition can disturb sleep patterns and make individals more restless.
Research has demonstrated that it could take up to 6-12 weeks for some people to fully adjust.
Medical Director for a sleep clinic in Waterloo, Dr. Emannuel Tadross says the reason for this is because we all have a built in biological time clock in our bodies.
“Our time clocks are synchronized with nature. You will find all the living creatures in nature are up at sunrise and down at sunset, except human beings. That started to happen from the days of the industrial revolution. What compounded it was Mr. Thomas Edison’s invention… the lightbulb. Which turned night to day, and subsequently human sleep has been reconstructed. People in the olden days often slept 10-12 hours.”
Some tips Dr. Tadross gives on how to cope with the clocks moving forward is try to avoid caffine or nicotine before bed. Or if you take any medication at night try to take it an hour earlier to avoid impairment.
While it may take some longer to adjust to their sleeping patterns, Dr. Tadross tells 570 news some of the benefits we as humans get when we switch our clocks.
“To have extended day hours, will give you a longer evening. Lower the consumption of gas, electricity and power sources.”
Dr. Tadross adds with the longer days, people’s moods tend to be more positive.
