There’s a growing movement to abolish daylight savings routine than we go through twice a year. Initially, the intent of it was to save energy, but there are more and more indicators that our health suffers because of the change. From mental health impact and interrupted sleep patterns, consequences can be as bad as deteriorating cardiovascular system. In fact, recent research showed that in the week following the change, mortality rate in Vienna increased by 3%, based on the data spanning almost half a century. Interrupted sleep pattern is the most impactful change, as our bodies take the time to adjust to the new pattern.

Key Takeaways:

• The American Academy of Sleep is calling to end daylight savings time because it has been shown to cause harm to human health.
• Changing clocks has led to health consequences like heart disease medication errors and even more traffic accidents.
• Many people do not get quality sleep and changing times makes it even more difficult on the body to adjust to sleeping patterns.

“Changing the clocks twice a year is intended to save energy, but there is a growing consensus that the change – which next occurs November 1 in the US – comes at the cost of human lives.”

Read more: https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/changing-clocks-twice-a-year-disrupts-sleep-schedules-harms-health-and-it-should-end-sleep-experts-say/