Washington – Most of the United States “get ahead” on Sunday for summer schedule and lose that time of sleep can make you tired and bad mood the next day. He could also damage his health.
The darkest mornings and more night light together eliminate the clock from their body, which means that the saving time of daylight can mark sleep problems for weeks or more. Studies have even found an increase in heart attacks and blows just after the change of March.
There are ways to relieve the adjustment, including obtaining more sun to help restore its circadian rhythm for a healthy dream.
When does summer schedule begin?
The salvation time of daylight begins on Sunday at 2 am, an hour of sleep disappearing in most of the US.
Hawaii and most Arizona do not make the Spring Switch, attached to the standard time throughout the year along with Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam and the Virgin Islands of the United States. Throughout the world, dozens of countries also observe summer savings time, starting and ending on different dates.
Some people try to prepare for sleep shaking to save the day at bedtime going to bed a little before two or three nights ahead. With a third of American adults who no longer receive the seven recommended hours of nightnye nocturnal, catch up.
What happens to your brain when it is lighter later?
The brain has a master clock established by exposure to sunlight and darkness. This circadian rhythm is a cycle of approximately 24 hours that determines when we are sleepy and when we are more alerts. The patterns change with age, one of the reasons why young people early evolve towards teenagers difficult to see.
The morning light restores the rhythm. For the afternoon, the levels of a hormone called melatonin begin to increase, causing drowsiness. Too much light at night, that extra time of summer savings time, delays that increase and the cycle runs out of synchronization.
Sleep deprivation is linked to heart disease, cognitive impairment, obesity and many other problems. And that circadian clock affects more than sleep, also influences things such as heart rate, blood pressure, stress hormones and metabolism.
How does your health affect time?
Fatal car shocks temporarily jump the first days after the change in spring schedule, according to a study of the deaths of the United States. The risk was higher in the morning, and the researchers attributed it to sleep deprivation.
Then there is the cardiac connection. The American Heart Association points out the studies that suggest an increase in heart attacks on Monday after the summer salvation time begins, and in strokes for two days later.
Doctors already know that heart attacks, especially serious, are a bit more common on Mondays in general, and in the morning, when blood is more prone to clots.
Researchers do not know why the change of time would be added to that connection on Monday, but it is possible that the abrupt circadian interruption exacerbates factors such as high blood pressure in people who are already at risk.
How to prepare for summer schedule
Little by little, change the time of bed about 15 or 20 minutes before for several nights before the change of time, and increase the next morning the next morning. That first week of summer schedule goes out early in the morning, another way to help restore your body’s internal clock. Increasing daily routines, such as dinner time or when exercising, can also help indicate your body to start adapting, sleep experts advise.
The afternoon naps and the caffeine, as well as the afternoon light of the phones and other electronic devices can make the adjustment an hour of bedtime even more difficult.
Will the United States ever eliminate the change of time?
Every year there is talk of finishing the change of time. In December, then elected president Donald Trump promised to eliminate summer savings time. In recent years, a bipartisan bill called the Sunshine Protection Law so that the summer schedule is permanent has stagnated in Congress; It has been reintroduced this year.
But that is the opposite of what some health groups recommend. The American Medical Association and the American Academy of Sleep Medicine agree that it is time to eliminate time switches, but say that it stays with the standard time throughout the year is better aligned with the sun and human biology, for a more consistent dream.
