Four ways to help your body adjust to the autumn time change

By Ronan Lordan, Postdoctoral Researcher in Circadian Biology, FutureNeuro Research Ireland Center & School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences

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…

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