PGY 39, Day #254
MESSING WITH MY (BIOLOGICAL) CLOCK AGAIN:
Part 2 Spring ahead?
One hundred and twenty-five days ago, they told us to move the clock back one hour, and now they are telling us to move it forward one hour? Makes no sense to me. To whom does it make sense? Is it a business decision? Why do we do this to ourselves, and what should we do to adjust when they "Mess with our BIOLOGICAL CLOCK?
It takes weeks to recover from/adjust to the clock change, and the loss of an hour's sleep. My recommendation is that you go to sleep "early" for several days to weeks, till you notice that your biological clock has synchronized with the change in the mechanical clock. My November 7, blog post (below) explains the fundamentals of circadian rhythm and the references will give you ALL the details.
Have a great day and StepWisely(R).
Dr. Mike
>>Monday, November 7, 2011
Mission: Healing November 7, 2011 Messing With The Clock
PGY 39, Day 129
THEY ARE MESSING WITH MY (BIOLOGICAL) CLOCK AGAIN:
AKA, I am Falling Behind Again
There is a natural rhythm to life and the universe, and that rhythm is synchronized. As a part of that system, animals (yes, including humans) have day-night cycles called circadian rhythm. This rhythim dictates many fundamental physiologic functions ... most notable of which are the day-night/sleep wake cycle.
(Reference link: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Education/Factsheet_CircadianRhythms.htm)
(For Detailed Scientific Evidence see:The Clocks That Time Us by Moore-Ede, Sulzman and Fuller)
In other words, our natural rhythm, or biological clock is dictated by day and night, light and dark, or, in other words, SUNSHINE! Every time we arbitrarily "change the clock", we are "messing with" COUNTLESS HUMAN BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS, because our CLOCK TIME is NOT SYNCHRONIZED with SUN TiME. That is CRAZY! Why ON EARTH (:-)) would we not synchronize our MECHANICAL CLOCKS with the SUN? Stupid!(?) We have always done it that way? NO ... that is not at all true.
Disregard of facts about our circadian rhythm and the sun might have been excusable 100 years ago, but today, it is absolute nonsense. What effort would it take to keep the clocks all around the world synchronized with the sun? Very little extra effort. What would the cost be? I have no idea, but the benefit, I am certain, would be enormous with regard to human well being and performance.
Who benefits by maintaining the status quo? Frankly, I don't know. It seems as if this clock changing nonsense is just one of those "we have always done it that way" sort of things. Isn't it TIME for us to be SMART about Clocks, Sun rhythm and circadian rhythm? Let's start a move to synchronize mechanical clocks with the sun ... it would be good for our natural rhythm. I think the music would sound better, and, besides, what do we have to loose?
StepWisely(R) and have a good day.
Dr. Mike
PS. IF, there is some reason why machine time MUST be different from SUN TIME, or EARTH ROTATION TIME, then, at least give us both times on every clock.
PPS. And, for the advocates of this clock change nonsense, explain yourself, please!
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