PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Get ready to lose some sleep this weekend as the clocks spring forward again, but you can just catch-up on it right? Think again.
Allegheny Health Network Sleep Medicine Director Dr. Daniel Shade tells KDKA Radio's Lynne Hayes-Freeland losing just one hour can have serious effects.
“There are a couple of studies showing an increase in motor vehicle accidents and drops off in performance the following week or two after (daylight saving time),” said Dr. Shade. “There was a study in Michigan that showed an increase in heart attacks on the Monday after everybody sprung forward.”
Shade says napping or catching an extra hour of shut-eye will not undo days of sleep deprivation and the only real solution is to get as much sleep as you can as regularly as you can. Seven to nine hours a night is suggested for adults.
Shade adds another study showed that those who didn’t sleep enough during the week gained weight over a two week period.
“The two groups that were sleep restricted even sleeping on the weekend they actually gained three pounds over the two weeks,” said Shade. “They developed some difficulty with the way they packaged glucose and sugars so they were almost becoming insulin resistant.”
Shade says even losing one hour can have adverse effects.
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