When you don’t ease into the switch, it can have a huge impact on how you feel.
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Were just days away from one of the most bittersweet moments of the year.
On Sunday, March 14, the clocks spring ahead, marking the start of daylight saving time.
Instantly gaining an hour of daylight in the evening (yay!)
vice chair of the Board for the National Sleep Foundation and a professor at Stony Brook University
means well also lose an hour of sleep.
Its better to make a run at ease into it, says Dr. Hale.
In the nights leading up to the switch, slowly begin to shift your bedtime.
Your body needs to adjust slowly, because your bodys got acircadian rhythm, says Dr. Hale.
You see all of these effects in the few days or the week after the transition to daylight saving.
Instead, going to bed earlier means youll get enough sleep in the day ahead.
Going to bed a few minutes early is easier said than done.
Especially if youre not one who falls asleep within minutes of getting into bed.
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Get early morning light
Lighting has ahuge impact on signaling to your circadian rhythmsthat its time to get going.
Then youll be tired earlier in the evening.
Eating three hours before bedtime is better than one hour before bedtime, for sure, says Dr. Hale.
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