I'm Sorry, The Clocks Going Back Does What To Our Health?

If you’re shuffling around bleary-eyed, fumbling for the kettle — you’re in excellent company. The clocks going back always seem to put a spanner in the works. One more hour in bed, one hour less in bed, it’s relentless. And, it’s affecting our health. So, why do we do it?Why do we put the clocks back?In 1784, American politician and inventor Benjamin Franklin suggested that daylight saving could help save on candles. But it was William Willett (aka Chris Martin’s great, great grandfather — yes, seriously), who brought the idea to the UK upon publishing ‘The Waste of Daylight’ in 1907 which encouraged people to wake up earlier.Willett has a lot to answer for, as it was his opinion that we wasted the day by sleeping it away while the sun shone. It’s said that he rather liked golf, and didn’t want his precious playing time cut short. He also argued that it would save fuel during the war. And so, parliament passed the Summer Time Act in 1916, ironically, a year after Willett died.In the p