This is what summer time does to your body and skin.
This weekend, summer time returns, which means the clocks go forward one hour. So we lose an hour, but from now on we do have one hour more light in the evening. What effects does this have on your body and therefore, of course, directly on your skin and appearance?
Effects of summer time
It also means a few things for your health, although you wouldn't immediately think so. Here is a list of what it does for your body.
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YOU SLEEP LESS WELL
Our biological clock follows a rhythm that is actually longer than 24 hours. It is therefore easier to adapt to winter time (when the day is longer) than to summer time (when the day is even shorter than 24 hours). In short: after the introduction of summer time, you may suffer from a worse sleeping pattern for a while. Your biological clock affects not only your sleep, but also all kinds of other systems in your body.
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IT TAKES TWO DAYS TO GET USED TO THE NEW TIME
So on average - for some it takes longer, for others shorter.
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EVENING PEOPLE SUFFER MORE FROM SUMMER TIME THAN MORNING PEOPLE
Are you an evening person? Bad news: evening people suffer more from summer time than morning people. That's a complicated story about biorhythms; best to follow the tips below as an evening person.
This way you will be less affected by daylight saving time
SEEK OUT THE DAYLIGHT
Get outdoors, because by going outside more, your body makes more melatonin in the evening; the hormone that makes you feel sleepy. If you want to reset your biological clock, you would do well to get some fresh air every day.
GO TO BED A BIT EARLIER NOW
If you already try to go to bed an hour earlier in the days before daylight saving time starts, you will be less bothered by daylight saving time later.
DO NOT SLEEP DURING THE DAY
This only disrupts your biological rhythm even more.
MANIPULATE THE LIGHT
Try to make it darker the few hours before you go to sleep by closing curtains and turning off lights slowly. In terms of light, it is best to catch a lot of (sun)light early and in the middle of the day, and reduce it as the day progresses - this is often when you fall asleep most comfortably.