TRAVERSE CITY – If you’re missing some sleep this weekend, you’ll have a chance to earn an extra hour as we retreat. This weekend daylight saving time ends for the year. It returns us to standard time, which means it will get dark earlier.

Munson Healthcare’s Dr. Abdul Malik describes daylight savings as a society-imposed jet lag. It is recommended that you do not change your sleep time, but instead go to bed on time and allow an extra hour if your body allows it.

For a good night’s sleep, it is recommended that you turn off your screens 2 hours before bed and do not do heavy exercise before bed.

“Good sleep is linked to better health. What I mean is, we place more emphasis on the right amount of sleep because less sleep is linked to cardiovascular disease. “There’s now a link to cancer, so we want to sleep well at night,” says Dr. Abdul M. Malik.

A good amount of sleep depends on your age, but you should get 7 to 9 hours of sleep a night.