How to help your body adjust after the clocks changed last night
An extra hour in bed sounds like a good deal. But while our phones may update to the autumn time change automatically, our body clock isn’t quite so quick. You may even find yourself waking up earlier than normal and ready for bed before your evening has properly begun. The reason for this partly lies in our circadian system: the roughly 24-hour internal timing system that helps organise tiredness and alertness. Changing the time on a clock does not instantly reset that system. But there are some things you can do to support your body clock in adapting to the time change. While these strategies won’t offer a guaranteed overnight reset, they will help you get back on track. Your body doesn’t judge whether it’s day or night by using the numbers on a clock. Rather, a tiny region in the brain called the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN) – which acts as the body’s master clock – uses light…
