It’s time to once again Spring Forward this Sunday and start enjoying that extra hour of daylight. Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday morning, March 13 ^th , at 2:00 am, but be aware, that extra hour of daylight can do a number on your body.

One sleep expert explains while springing forward gives us more light, adjusting to the time change can infl uence our health for a time to come.

“What happens when we change the clock, we’re throwing off our bodies natural rhythm,” said Dr. Shelby Harris of New York’s Montefiore Medical Center. “And our bodies don’t adjust immediately just because the clock changed doesn’t mean that our bodies changes.”

Harris said when many are already not getting enough shuteye, losing another hour could potentially increase your risk of a heart attack.

“There was a study, in I believe 2008, out of Sweden that showed that there was a 5 percent increase in heart attacks at that time in the morning because you’re waking up an hour earlier, and people’s cardiovascular systems are a little more unstable earlier in the morning,” Harris said. “And if you’re already possibly at risk for having a heart attack, you might be at a greater risk if you’re having to wake up earlier than usual. There are more car accidents because of one less hour of sleep. People’s attention, concentration, motor function are actually impaired just for one hour less of sleep.”

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It’s time to once again Spring Forward this Sunday and start enjoying that extra hour of daylight. Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday morning, March 13 th , at 2:00 am, but be aware, that extra hour of daylight can do a number on your body.

One sleep expert explains while springing forward gives us more light, adjusting to the time change can influence our health for a time to come.

“What happens when we change the clock, we’re throwing off our bodies natural rhythm,” said Dr. Shelby Harris of New York’s Montefiore Medical Center. “And our bodies don’t adjust immediately just because the clock changed doesn’t mean that our bodies changes.”

Harris said when many are already not getting enough shuteye, losing another hour could potentially increase your risk of a heart attack.

“There was a study, in I believe 2008, out of Sweden that showed that there was a 5 percent increase