Doctors want daylight saving time abolished. Here's why, and what you can do about it.

NOLA.com ^ | MAR 14, 2022 | Lisa Gutierrez

[BenLurkin]

The American Heart Association has issued its yearly reminder that incidents of heart disease and stroke go up at daylight saving time — a biological "clock shock" thus far unexplained.

Changing the clock changes up our body's production of hormones, including melatonin, the night-time hormone that affects sleep; cortisol, the stress hormone; and serotonin, the "feel-good" hormone that helps keep depression and anxiety at bay.

It's especially important over the next few days to try to go to bed and wake up at the same time every day, even, as difficult as it is to hear, on weekends. Bhat says with consistency you should be able to get your body back on a regular sleep schedule in five to seven nights.

[nopardons]

BTTT

[lurk]

We prefer daylight savings time.

[lee martell]

Preach it, Doc!
No more tinkering with Time.

[Paal Gulli]

Meh, ... big hairy deal. I want TIME abolished. Daylight I’m rather fond of, but time I could do without.

[Born in 1950]

Stupid tilted axis!

[Organic Panic]

But what better way then the government to remind you they control every aspect of existence. Even time itself.

[ApplegateRanch]

Psst! Hey, Doc! Yes, YOU! It’s not the DST; it’s the switching back & forth.

[Secret Agent Man]

The same docs that want to give you a clot shot...

[nutmeg]

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[Fresh Wind]

I don’t mind DST, but 8 months is too much. It used to be 6 months, which wasn’t as bad.

[murron]

I have yet to talk to one person who likes changing the clocks twice a year.

[wardaddy]

I agree it’s ridiculous

[Fester Chugabrew]

State economies stand to gain or lose millions if we do not monkey with the clock twice a year. The experts say so.

[martin_fierro]

Me, every time I set the clocks forward.

[caww]

I love setting clocks ahead!

[Trailerpark Badass]

Yeah, I love going to bed an hour and a half before sunset. Wonderful. I assumed everyone knew it stays lighter longer in the warmer months naturally, with human intervention.

[Trailerpark Badass]

*without

[Telepathic Intruder]

The enemy of my enemy is my friend and then my enemy again when we win.

[equaviator]

Time is the same as it ever was. It’s only your clocks that gets changed.