Every year, around the second week in September, is National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. It’s a time to honor all professional truck drivers for their hard work and dedication in one of the nation’s most demanding and vital jobs.
Do you feel like today is the most Monday-ist of Mondays? I know the feeling. Yea, it's great when we "fall" back and gain an hour of sleep but this whole "spring" ahead things messes with me. If it messes with you too, we are not alone.
Research done by Dr. Beth Ann Malow, professor of Neurology and Pediatrics in the Sleep Disorders Division at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, backs this.
“It’s not one hour twice a year. It’s a misalignment of our biologic clocks for eight months of the year. When we talk about DST and the relationship to light, we are talking about profound impacts on the biological clock, which is a structure rooted in the brain. It impacts brain functions such as energy levels and alertness.”
Dr. Beth Ann Malow
Over all, Daylight Savings Time:
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