You may have remembered to spring forward this past weekend, but your body clock is likely telling you that you’re at work this morning at 7 instead of 8. It also may be saying you’re eating lunch at 11 a.m. instead of noon and dinner at 5 p.m. rather than 6.

Perhaps, too, you are still missing that hour of sleep you lost.

We’ve found studies that suggest daylight saving time can be hazardous to your health. Research by the University of Michigan in 2009 correlated the time change to an increase in injuries in the workplace. It maintained that the average person was sleeping about 40 minutes less per night.

Tim Roenneberg, a chronobiologist at Ludwig-Maximilians University in Munich, Germany, said his studies show that our circadian body clocks — set by light and darkness — never adjust to gaining an “extra” hour of sunlight at the end of the day during daylight saving time.

“The consequence of that is that the majority of the population has drastically decreased productivity, decreased quality of life, increasing susceptibility to illness and is just plain tired,” Roenneberg said.

Conversely, other studies show that daylight saving time enhances health because it provides impetus for people to spend more time outdoors and encourages exercise.

Most people do relish the fact we have longer hours for sunshine but look forward to the fall when some people believe we actually gain an extra hour of sleep. That’s somewhat of an illusion because there are still 24 hours in a day.

It does seem people are less moody when the sun is out longer.

Daylight saving time has a long history and was originally implemented for the benefit of the railroads or farmers depending on the source used. As time has passed, the railroads have ceased to be the main mode of passenger travel across the country and our farmers have become fewer in number.

Many still don’t buy the claim that daylight saving time saves energy and resources. It’s all a bit complicated and changing time has always been somewhat of a contentious issue.

Not all states observe daylight saving time. Before 2005, Indiana never changed its time.

So, we’re wondering why we need to fall back. If there is no illusionary lost hour of sleep as a point of reference, we would never miss it again. And our body clocks could remain in sync.

We believe the time has come to set our clocks to our current time for the last time.

Will it ever be a burning issue in the Legislature? Only time will tell.