We push our clocks forward on Sunday, March 14, to get an extra hour of sunlight this spring and summer. But the move comes with a potentially deadly cost. According to a study published in the British Medical Journal, hospitals report a 24% spike in heart attacks on the Monday after the switch.
According to Business Insider, researchers note that sleepy, post-daylight saving time drivers have more car crashes the next day. DST also triggers more work-related injuries, strokes, and a temporary increase in suicides.
Sleep expert Matthew Walker said our bodies are fragile and susceptible to even one lost hour of sleep. He calls the changing of time twice annually a “global experiment” we perform to show how our bodies respond. In the fall, it is a blessing but, in the spring, it is a curse, according to Business Insider.
Dr. Peter Martone, one of the leading experts on sleep in America and the founder of Atlantis Wellness, has helped over a hundred thousand patients learn how to sleep well through the night. He says that the lost hour caused by switching to daylight saving time wreaks havoc on our bodies and is probably even more dangerous than the study suggests.
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Such studies have been made in many countries with the same results.
Ha. What we mothers do half the nights of the year, like lose an hour of sleep people can’t handle one night??