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‘Unfold’ Podcast Bonus Episode: Is Springing Forward Bad for Your Health?

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We'll soon spring forward into Daylight Saving Time. A sleep medicine expert says there is a reason it takes our bodies so long to adjust.
We'll soon spring forward into Daylight Saving Time. A sleep medicine expert says there is a reason it takes our bodies so long to adjust. (Getty Images)

A special bonus episode of Unfold, a аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis podcast, launches today just in time for the switch to daylight saving time on March 12.

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There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who love daylight saving time, and those who don’t. аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis Health sleep medicine expert Heinrich Gompf is not a big fan of the clock change — or at least not the way we currently do it in the United States. In this episode of Unfold, he tells us why it’s so darn difficult for our bodies to adjust to the time change (the suprachiasmatic nucleus!) and offers tips to help you prepare and adapt when we do spring forward.

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  • , sleep researcher, Department of Neurological Surgery, аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis Health

The podcast is available on , , , , on your smart speaker or wherever you get your podcasts. Original music for Unfold comes from аÄÃÅÁùºÏ²ÊÄÚÄ»ÐÅÏ¢ Davis alumnus Damien Verrett and Curtis Jerome Haynes. Follow on Twitter at @Unfoldpodcast.

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