Is it much to do about nothing or is it a lot to do about something?
That’s the debate. You hear about it here on the radio. You talk about it with family and friends. And you think about it the morning after.
It’s what happens every spring and fall when we change the time from standard time to daylight saving time and when we change back from daylight saving time to standard time.
It may be a one hour change and not have the impact on you of taking a flight somewhere and passing through several time zones, but that one hour change clearly is the focus of a lot debate.
In fact, more than half of adults in the U.S. say they now oppose daylight saving time, according to a recent Gallup Poll.
And now there is more evidence that their opinion that may be backed by science. Experts say the time change does more than just make the mornings a little tougher, it can impact our health.
You hear those terms like ‘sleep deprivation’ and ‘circadian rhythm’ twice every hear when the time changes.
And you hear on the radio and see on social media, the different arguments between the different camps; the ‘daylight timers’ and the ‘standard timers.’
But how you wake up on a Monday morning after the change will probably put you on one side or the other.
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