MILWAUKEE — The start of Daylight Savings can leave you feeling groggy and tired the next day, sometimes ruining your entire week.
An expert from Marquette University says that messing with watches means messing with your body.
“Our bodies know what time of day it is. They help us anticipate changes. They help us get ready for when we wake up and, if we’re on a fast track, Sometimes they can’t catch the rhythm,” he said. Dr. Jennifer Evans, Professor of Biomedical Sciences.
Dr. Evans is an expert on circadian rhythms and says daylight savings is regularly causing stress on our bodies.
He said, “We don’t really need to do this because the days are naturally getting longer this time of year, but we are choosing to move faster and by doing so we are saving ourselves twice a year.” Are jet lagged.” Evans says it comes with health risks and the science is there to support it.
Data show that the day after turning the clocks forward there is a more than 60 percent increase in accidents and a 20 percent increase in heart attacks,” according to Dr. Evans.
“What that shows is a lack of attention and cognition and a nervousness in the morning,” he said. There is also an economic impact.
“The resulting loss in worker productivity due to Daylight Saving Time is estimated to cost approximately $433 million,” he said.
There has been a debate among MPs on this topic. Last year the Sunlight Protection Act was re-implemented.
Its goal is to make daylight savings permanent and end the clocks rotating at the end of the year. The bill passed unanimously in the Senate but stalled in the House.
To help prepare for the coming spring, Dr. Evans says you should wake up earlier on Sunday, and immediately go outside to get some sunshine.