Daylight Saving Time may have given us more time to enjoy late-time summer activities, but it can have a negative impact on our health.
Within days, 48 states and the District of Columbia will reset their clocks and fall back into standard time. From a health standpoint, most sleep and circadian experts say we should stay there.
Then, after the sun sets, the lack of sunlight allows our bodies to produce hormones such as melatonin, which promotes sleep.Similar to how sunlight in the morning can pull our internal clock earlier, light from any source too late into the evening can do the opposite and “push” our internal clock later.Story continues below advertisementWith the time change each spring to daylight saving time, we abruptly disrupt this important relationship between our brains and the sun. Here’s why.
Unfortunately, the internal clock in your brain can’t adjust as fast as your watch. It takes your internal clock at least one day to adjust to one hour in time change. And for some people, it can take longer than that. The summer solstice, around June 21 in the Northern Hemisphere, is the longest day of the year. In some locations, such as D.C., there may be nearly 15 hours of daylight.
With each passing day, those extra minutes can accumulate. Over time, your internal clock and your real-world clocks move further apart.
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