Sleep scientists say our internal clocks are connected to the sun, which aligns more closely with standard time.
Permanently moving to daylight-saving time is likely to cause more harm than good when it comes to our health, sleep science indicates.
For years, researchers have bemoaned the biannual changing of the clocks, saying shifting just one hour is linked to a slew of negative health effects, including an increased risk of heart attack and stroke. But when the U.S. Senate recently passed a bill to makeOur internal clocks are connected to the sun, which aligns more closely with permanent standard time, says Muhammad Adeel Rishi, a pulmonologist and sleep physician at Indiana University.
“Of the three choices—permanent daylight-saving time, permanent standard time or where we are now, which is switching between the two—I think permanent DST is the worst solution,” says Phyllis Zee, professor of neurology and director of the Center for Circadian and Sleep Medicine at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Many of us like when the clocks arbitrarily move an hour ahead. Sure, we lose an hour of sleep for one day but springing forward means spring and summer evenings with more light, which is great for socializing and good for many businesses. But sleep researchers say permanent daylight-saving time means we are always an hour off from the internal clock in our bodies, which disrupts our circadian rhythms, sleep and all of our biological systems. Changing the clocks has been linked to short-term increases in
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