Apparently moving the clock forward can put some of us in afib. This article details some of the "why's" and what we can
do to help prevent it.

[newsroom.heart.org]


Jim

Seems reasonable. Loss of sleep, altered circadian rhythm, missed appointments, more errors in judgement and in mechanical execution...it all adds up.

"The Monday following the spring time change (after losing an hour of sleep) was associated with a 24% increase in daily heart attack counts and the Tuesday following the fall time change (gaining an hour of sleep) was conversely associated with a 21% reduction in heart attacks, according to a study from Michigan."

Interesting findings, proves again how important sleep is to us! Hate spring forward, been getting light headache since yesterday morning.

Smart are the countries and states that do NOT go to daylight savings.
Unfortunately, I don't live in one of them.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 03/11/2024 03:18PM by MikeN.

After all this time abroad , I’m still in usa time. I stay up until 3-4am and then try to nap..not long deep sleep. Next week I’ll travel back to the states and hopefully be back on usa time sleep pattern. I hope. I