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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Now on Colorado's Morning News, marking the end of daylight
saving time. We got an extra hour of sleep as
we fell back over the weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
But even an hour change can throw off sleep schedules
and have an impact on your body and your daily routine.
Joining us as doctor Catherine Green, the medical director of
UC Health Sleep Center, Doctor Green, thank you so much
for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Of course, thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Tell us a little bit more about falling back gaining
that extra hour of sleep. Is there some benefits to
being like, okay, cool, we got another hour of sleep
or is really regardless of whether we're bringing forward or
falling back, it can have a pretty big impact on
your daily sleep patterns.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
No, it's a great question. They're definitely not the same.
This is definitely the easier of the two changes that
we go through throughout the year. And honestly, there are
very clear benefits to getting an extra hour of sleep,
and most people feel that. You know, both the time
changes do affect sleep schedule and people your inherent body
(01:02):
clock can be a pretty fixed thing and it doesn't
immediately shift even if the shift is in the right.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Direction, Doctor Green, what are the things we hear a
lot about from people when this change takes place. Yeah,
you get the extra hour, but then there's the change
in sunlight and what hour of the day that happens.
Are there ways to make sure you don't fall into
those seasonal depressions? A lot of people suffer from these.
It's getting darker earlier, like five o'clock here in the
Mountain time zone. What is your advice for people that
might suffer from that.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yeah, it's a great question. It's something we really have
to be aware of. Luckily, we live in one of
the sunniest places in the country, so even as the
days get shorter, we still get some good natural sunlight
here in Colorado throughout the year. Actually, the most important
time to be very aware of that sunlight is getting
some natural lights early in the morning when you wake up. So,
(01:49):
at least initially, this fallback helps with that, but getting
some bright light first thing in the morning when you
wake up and start your day is actually the best
thing you can do to combat that seasonal effective disorder
and the changes of the life.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Yeah, doctor Green, you're talking to two people from the Midwest,
so we're like seasonal depression. What we're like, Yeah, sunshine
all the time, but yes, you do have you have
the sun setting earlier, and so people do kind of
fall into that routine. And when we talk about the
fall back, you always want to say, oh, great, another
hour of sleep, But how do you make sure you
readjust your sleep schedule, because sometimes that other hour of
(02:27):
sleep might just be eating later, staying up later, spending
more time just doing things later, and you don't really
get that sleep adjustment you're looking for.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
No, that's exactly right. You know, it only works that
you get an extra hour if you actually go to
bed at the same time. And I do think that
a lot of us kind of fall into that pattern
where you know, if your body isn't quite ready for bed,
you know as early as the clock says, that can
be difficult keeping a very regular sleep time. So making
(02:56):
sure that you're waking up at the same time every
day and making an intentional effort to kind of go
to bed with the same routine every night is the
best way to kind of re ingrain those habits into
your body clock. But that shift is gradual for a
lot of people, it can take a few days. So
you know, in an ideal world, especially even with travel
(03:17):
but with the time change as well, you know, being
intentional about starting to adjust that clock a few days
ahead and giving yourself some grace in the next couple
of days. If you're still shifting, stick with that regular routine.
You know your body will get there.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Medical director of the UC Health Sleep Center, Doctor Catherine Green,
our guest now, Doctor Green. If there's one thing I'm
an expert on, it's naps. I love naps. But how
many naps are too many naps? And how long is
too long of a nap?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yes, a great question. You know, the how many is
is a loaded question, But we know that naps certainly
are something that can be strategic and helpful. Actually, if
you are tired or you had a rough night of
sleep the night before, napping is the single best thing
that you can do to kind of get a temporary
(04:09):
recharge for your body. I like to talk with my
patients about what I call strategic napping, which means we
try to keep naps to you know, thirty to forty
five minutes At the very most, twenty to thirty minutes
is probably ideal. And really the key with napping is
to make sure that you're not going to be napping
late enough into the day that it's going to impact
(04:31):
your ability to fall asleep that following night. So really
trying to avoid those naps in kind of the mid
to late afternoon as it starts to encroach upon your
body's desire to sleep at bedtime.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Strategic napping, That's what I'm going to start calling it
was I was napping strategically, doctor Green told me too,
Doctor Catherine Green, medical director of UC Health Sleep Center,
appreciate your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, thanks so much for having me on and.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Text us at five six six nine zero.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Your thoughts of the daylight saving time change, falling back,
springing forward?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Would you like to keep one way or the other?
Speaker 1 (05:08):
A Rian?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
We had a Texter say, listening from Arizona.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Ah love that we don't have.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
To change the clocks, but we still need to adjust
because everyone else does. So daylight saving really needs to
go out of the way, and I get it. I
couldn't imagine what it'd be like if you were on
the border and if you had to go into Arizona
and then be like, Okay, what time is it there?
Speaker 4 (05:26):
What time is it here? I think why you might
be another state that doesn't do.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
It, So it's like even more confusing that some people
are starting to adjust but other states are not.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Northwest Indiana another one. But you made a great point
that you got to adjust to everybody else. So I
think Arizona's ahead of the curve. I think it's the
right way to go. And the only question we've been
asking this this morning as well, would you rather stay
on daylight saving time or would you rather stay on
regular standard time, have the darkness come in later at
the night, or have that daylight in the morning. I mean,
(05:55):
where do you come down on that. I would like
to have my sunsets late at night in the morning hours.
I can take the darkness then, but that's just my
personal opinion.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Yeah, we had another Texter that said I work from
one am to one pm.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
First off, what in the world?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
But they said, I love this time of the year
because it's so nice to go to bed at five
pm and it's dark.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
So the opposite of what you're saying.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I always look outside and go, oh, sun's already down,
But other people I get it, So right there with you,
text us at five six, six nine zero your thoughts
and hopefully you enjoyed your extra hour.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Sleep over the weekend
Now on Colorado's Morning News, marking the end of daylight
saving time. We got an extra hour of sleep as
we fell back over the weekend.
Speaker 2 (00:07):
But even an hour change can throw off sleep schedules
and have an impact on your body and your daily routine.
Joining us as doctor Catherine Green, the medical director of
UC Health Sleep Center, Doctor Green, thank you so much
for your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Of course, thank you for having me on.
Speaker 2 (00:23):
Tell us a little bit more about falling back gaining
that extra hour of sleep. Is there some benefits to
being like, okay, cool, we got another hour of sleep
or is really regardless of whether we're bringing forward or
falling back, it can have a pretty big impact on
your daily sleep patterns.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
No, it's a great question. They're definitely not the same.
This is definitely the easier of the two changes that
we go through throughout the year. And honestly, there are
very clear benefits to getting an extra hour of sleep,
and most people feel that. You know, both the time
changes do affect sleep schedule and people your inherent body
(01:02):
clock can be a pretty fixed thing and it doesn't
immediately shift even if the shift is in the right.
Speaker 1 (01:07):
Direction, Doctor Green, what are the things we hear a
lot about from people when this change takes place. Yeah,
you get the extra hour, but then there's the change
in sunlight and what hour of the day that happens.
Are there ways to make sure you don't fall into
those seasonal depressions? A lot of people suffer from these.
It's getting darker earlier, like five o'clock here in the
Mountain time zone. What is your advice for people that
might suffer from that.
Speaker 3 (01:28):
Yeah, it's a great question. It's something we really have
to be aware of. Luckily, we live in one of
the sunniest places in the country, so even as the
days get shorter, we still get some good natural sunlight
here in Colorado throughout the year. Actually, the most important
time to be very aware of that sunlight is getting
some natural lights early in the morning when you wake up. So,
(01:49):
at least initially, this fallback helps with that, but getting
some bright light first thing in the morning when you
wake up and start your day is actually the best
thing you can do to combat that seasonal effective disorder
and the changes of the life.
Speaker 2 (02:05):
Yeah, doctor Green, you're talking to two people from the Midwest,
so we're like seasonal depression. What we're like, Yeah, sunshine
all the time, but yes, you do have you have
the sun setting earlier, and so people do kind of
fall into that routine. And when we talk about the
fall back, you always want to say, oh, great, another
hour of sleep, But how do you make sure you
readjust your sleep schedule, because sometimes that other hour of
(02:27):
sleep might just be eating later, staying up later, spending
more time just doing things later, and you don't really
get that sleep adjustment you're looking for.
Speaker 3 (02:36):
No, that's exactly right. You know, it only works that
you get an extra hour if you actually go to
bed at the same time. And I do think that
a lot of us kind of fall into that pattern
where you know, if your body isn't quite ready for bed,
you know as early as the clock says, that can
be difficult keeping a very regular sleep time. So making
(02:56):
sure that you're waking up at the same time every
day and making an intentional effort to kind of go
to bed with the same routine every night is the
best way to kind of re ingrain those habits into
your body clock. But that shift is gradual for a
lot of people, it can take a few days. So
you know, in an ideal world, especially even with travel
(03:17):
but with the time change as well, you know, being
intentional about starting to adjust that clock a few days
ahead and giving yourself some grace in the next couple
of days. If you're still shifting, stick with that regular routine.
You know your body will get there.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Medical director of the UC Health Sleep Center, Doctor Catherine Green,
our guest now, Doctor Green. If there's one thing I'm
an expert on, it's naps. I love naps. But how
many naps are too many naps? And how long is
too long of a nap?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Yes, a great question. You know, the how many is
is a loaded question, But we know that naps certainly
are something that can be strategic and helpful. Actually, if
you are tired or you had a rough night of
sleep the night before, napping is the single best thing
that you can do to kind of get a temporary
(04:09):
recharge for your body. I like to talk with my
patients about what I call strategic napping, which means we
try to keep naps to you know, thirty to forty
five minutes At the very most, twenty to thirty minutes
is probably ideal. And really the key with napping is
to make sure that you're not going to be napping
late enough into the day that it's going to impact
(04:31):
your ability to fall asleep that following night. So really
trying to avoid those naps in kind of the mid
to late afternoon as it starts to encroach upon your
body's desire to sleep at bedtime.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Strategic napping, That's what I'm going to start calling it
was I was napping strategically, doctor Green told me too,
Doctor Catherine Green, medical director of UC Health Sleep Center,
appreciate your time this morning.
Speaker 3 (04:57):
Yeah, thanks so much for having me on and.
Speaker 4 (04:59):
Text us at five six six nine zero.
Speaker 2 (05:01):
Your thoughts of the daylight saving time change, falling back,
springing forward?
Speaker 4 (05:06):
Would you like to keep one way or the other?
Speaker 1 (05:08):
A Rian?
Speaker 2 (05:08):
We had a Texter say, listening from Arizona.
Speaker 4 (05:11):
Ah love that we don't have.
Speaker 2 (05:13):
To change the clocks, but we still need to adjust
because everyone else does. So daylight saving really needs to
go out of the way, and I get it. I
couldn't imagine what it'd be like if you were on
the border and if you had to go into Arizona
and then be like, Okay, what time is it there?
Speaker 4 (05:26):
What time is it here? I think why you might
be another state that doesn't do.
Speaker 2 (05:29):
It, So it's like even more confusing that some people
are starting to adjust but other states are not.
Speaker 1 (05:34):
Northwest Indiana another one. But you made a great point
that you got to adjust to everybody else. So I
think Arizona's ahead of the curve. I think it's the
right way to go. And the only question we've been
asking this this morning as well, would you rather stay
on daylight saving time or would you rather stay on
regular standard time, have the darkness come in later at
the night, or have that daylight in the morning. I mean,
(05:55):
where do you come down on that. I would like
to have my sunsets late at night in the morning hours.
I can take the darkness then, but that's just my
personal opinion.
Speaker 2 (06:04):
Yeah, we had another Texter that said I work from
one am to one pm.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
First off, what in the world?
Speaker 2 (06:10):
But they said, I love this time of the year
because it's so nice to go to bed at five
pm and it's dark.
Speaker 4 (06:14):
So the opposite of what you're saying.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
I always look outside and go, oh, sun's already down,
But other people I get it, So right there with you,
text us at five six, six nine zero your thoughts
and hopefully you enjoyed your extra hour.
Speaker 4 (06:26):
Sleep over the weekend
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