In some countries it is customary to change the time in order to save energy, therefore, for economic reasons, or simply to adapt and modify the calendar time at the start of a new station. But also when a person travels from one continent to another, there is a change of time that affects the person's biological cycles. The latter phenomenon is called jet lag or time zone syndrome.
According to neurologists, physiologists and other experts, our body takes a while to adapt to the time changes that occur for any reason: only one day sometimes, but in the hardest cases it takes up to five days. And although sometimes this adaptation process goes unnoticed, there are people who suffer from general malaise, tiredness, lower performance at work, lack of desire for nothing, irritability, insomnia or insomnia, concentration problems, attention or memory, mood changes, depression, digestive disorders, daytime decrease and nocturnal increase in appetite...
Symptoms are usually more severe in children and the elderly, and those with neurological disorders, such as migraine or epilepsy, to name a few, will experience a worse and more intense adaptation period.
Sync your internal clock
In order for our internal biological clock to adapt to the change of time, experts recommend following the following directions:
- A few days before the weekend in which it is time to change, we should bring our usual routines forward about ten minutes a day, especially those related to food and sleep.
- During the three days after the change, she sleeps at night and does not nap despite having sleep or sleep to avoid changes in the cycles of sleep and fatigue.
- Exposure to natural light and physical exercise in the early morning are also very beneficial to facilitate the adaptation of our body.
- Good hydration relieves fatigue and reduces dissatisfaction.
Everyone lives in their own way
However, as with any other change, the symptoms and reactions are very different among people, as well as the effects that this change can produce in our daily life, as the intensity of the time change is not the same level in all types of profession, neither in all ages, nor in all social situations.