A reminder to my parishioners that this weekend before you go to bed Saturday night, turn your clocks back one hour. Our clocks “fall” back one hour on the first weekend of November – officially at 2am Sunday morning.
The good news is that reasearch shows turning the clock back one hour in the fall and gaining that one hour of sleep is good for the heart. Some scientists do think it is the extra hour of sleep which his good for the heart, some priests think it is the fact that the extra hour gives parishioners the chance to get to church on time that is good for their hearts.
Unfortunately the “spring forward” time change when we return to Daylight Savings Time is associated with an increase in the number of heart attacks. For our election year this research might suggest:
1) All candidates are promising change, but as research shows, not all change is good for you.
2) Don’t lose any sleep over the election.
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