Sleep expert says year-round standard time would be better for our health

TORONTO -- As we approach this year’s “fall back,” the event where we turn our clocks back one hour to end daylight time and return to standard time, the inevitable question rears its head again: Is switching our clocks twice a year bad for our health?

This leads to “an increase in car accidents, in work place accidents, in heart attacks,” during the switch to daylight time in the spring, she explained. Clocks move back to standard time in the fall so we try to get more light in the morning during the colder months. That switch is set to come this weekend, on November 1.

“The best way for our bodies to wake up naturally, and if we’re looking at our overall health and wellbeing, we want to wake up in that natural light. That helps suppress our melatonin, that’s our natural sleep hormone, it works better with our own 24-hour clock.”“With a permanent daylight savings time, some areas might not see the sunrise until 9 a.m. at some points throughout the year.”

If we were to choose one time to set for the whole year, McGinn would prefer to see Ontario go with standard time year-round.

Year round daylight savings would be better

Leave the time as is get rid of daylight savings time!! Omg

I totally agree

I will get this through, time change is ridiculous.

When will the politicians finally get this? This was promised in BC for going on for 2 years now.The change screws up every man, woman, child and pet.

When trump loses yes

The government doesn’t care about our health.

This isn’t news. A newsworthy story would be that someone has finally DONE something about it.

Don’t fcuk with my sleep and I will have better health thanks genius.

I’m in. Stay on standard time.

Since when are the gouvm concerned about our health?

Man just more cancel culture. So we just live in complete darkness for the winter?

If changing the clocks twice a year is a big problem for you, congratulations! You win! You have no real problems!

Get rid of this silliness once and for all.

Shut up!! 2x a year this same BS is spread. It’s an hour. One hour. 1 hour. You don’t hear people complaining about time zone changes when they travel. People and the press are soft, pathetic wimps.

Win98Tech At first I thought this meant having no time zones and I was so confused on how tf that would work

Agreed

This comes up every single time the time changes. Either change it or shut up!

So would getting rid of the gregarian calendar and the weekend and going back to the lunar calendar but we won’t do that! If the powers that be are changing our “Time” it is because it helps them somehow.

oh course they do, 'experts' my ass

Comes up every year . So annoying. Change it or leave it

Ah the twice a year discussion we have on keeping or getting rid of daylight savings. 😒

It’s time to do away with Savings Time.

yes enough this silly shit half hour between the two time done stay there..

Yes please

Whatever is done I prefer the morning light.

No way I want to stay on standard time...stay on daylight savings time, for sure

Honestly, I don’t think it makes a difference. You get used to the time change just like if you’re travelling to another city with a time difference whether it is 1 hour or 14 hours

Yes, pls

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