Posted by: Darlene Duncan CWDP, JSS, CCC, JCTC, JCDC
Training Coordinator
This past weekend we changed our clocks again. We set them back an hour.
Clocks are a manmade device for tracking time and we can change them anyway we want. The reality is that our internal clocks take a bit more to adjust. Those who travel across time zones on a regular basis experience the need to adjust more than the rest of us. The rest of us only have to contend with making the adjustment twice a year.
Regardless of how often we have to make the adjustment it’s still an adjustment and our bodies aren’t particularly happy about it. Put another way; our biology hasn’t kept pace with our technology. Below is a quote from an article on dealing with the adjustment to the time change.
“Researchers in Sweden published a report in 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine reporting that the number of heart attacks jumps during the period immediately following time changes, and that those vulnerable to sleep deprivation should be extra careful. “
To read the entire article click here.
Training Coordinator
This past weekend we changed our clocks again. We set them back an hour.
Clocks are a manmade device for tracking time and we can change them anyway we want. The reality is that our internal clocks take a bit more to adjust. Those who travel across time zones on a regular basis experience the need to adjust more than the rest of us. The rest of us only have to contend with making the adjustment twice a year.
Regardless of how often we have to make the adjustment it’s still an adjustment and our bodies aren’t particularly happy about it. Put another way; our biology hasn’t kept pace with our technology. Below is a quote from an article on dealing with the adjustment to the time change.
“Researchers in Sweden published a report in 2008 in the New England Journal of Medicine reporting that the number of heart attacks jumps during the period immediately following time changes, and that those vulnerable to sleep deprivation should be extra careful. “
To read the entire article click here.
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