<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6f77d335-70a7-45d2-bf5f-7075b057ddf2/4C24B683-E6B9-4552-8D41-407BBB5EC2D8/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Lifestyle/setting_our_clocks_back_some_surprising_health_effects_261020090.html" href="http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Lifestyle/setting_our_clocks_back_some_surprising_health_effects_261020090.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.foodconsumer.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Lifestyle/setting_our_clocks_back_some_surprising_health_effects_261020090.html"><P><SPAN>At first glance, the effect of changing our clocks back and forth, from Daylight Saving Time and then back to Standard time, on the health of the general population would seem to be nominal. However, there have been some studies in this regard, and although much of the time the information that results has been nebulous and somewhat contradictory, there are some patterns which are worth noting.</SPAN></p> <P><SPAN>Circadian Rhythm Fluctuation</SPAN></p> <P><SPAN>First and foremost, there are some "inconveniences" regarding the shifting of our circadian rhythms when the time is suddenly changed. For some, the adjustment period can last for weeks. When the body's inner clock is abruptly unable to sync up with its external environment, <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink1"><FONT color="#0c4790"><SPAN class="kLink">fatigue</SPAN></FONT></A>, sleeplessness, irritability, and other discomforts can occur. Hormonal changes, brain wave activity, even cell regeneration tend to occur at the same time every day; toying with this rhythm can bring on a feeling of dysphoria at best, <A href="#" class="kLink" target="undefined" id="KonaLink2"><FONT color="#0c4790"><SPAN class="kLink">depression</SPAN></FONT></A> at worst.</SPAN></P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/4C24B683-E6B9-4552-8D41-407BBB5EC2D8/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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