{"id":211744,"date":"2026-03-09T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211744\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:00:07","slug":"better-bedtime-habits-help-avoid-time-change-related-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/211744\/","title":{"rendered":"Better bedtime habits help avoid time change related health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Americans across the nation are adjusting to Daylight Saving Time.<\/p>\n<p>As we lose an hour of sleep, health experts are warning the impact goes far beyond feeling groggy.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Medical Officer at California Central Valley Market, Dr. Hemmal Kothary, joined ARC Bakersfield to share more details about how the time change can impact health.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hemmal says to avoid the negative effects of the time change people should maintain a consistent bedtime routine, get morning sunlight and limit caffeine and alcohol.<\/p>\n<p>He also says to limit screen time and avoid heavy meals before going to bed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Americans across the nation are adjusting to Daylight Saving Time. As we lose an&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":211745,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-211744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=211744"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/211744\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/211745"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=211744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=211744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=211744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}