Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight; Interview with Dr. Bill Lloyd
WHITFIELD: If you're awake early tomorrow, you'll notice an extra hour of daylight. But early tomorrow evening, it will be pitch- dark. Daylight Savings Time ends tomorrow morning at 2:00 a.m. So tonight is the nice to set your clock back one hour before you go to bed. Spring forward, fall back, as they say. Also, this is as good a time as any to check your smoke alarms. Those batteries don't last forever. Well, it's barely been a month since summer departed the scene, but some of us already have had our first cases of the sniffles. There's no denying that colder weather is a strain on the body. But why? Joining us now from Sacramento, California, Dr. Bill Lloyd. He has studied the effects of what experts now are calling seasonal affected disorder, or S.A.D. Good to see you, Dr. Bill. Why is it that colder, darker temperatures and climates mean that we are less likely to be as healthy as usual?</s>DR. BILL LLOYD, UC DAVIS: It definitely does. We've got the calendar all wrong. Tomorrow is actually the beginning of winter, of hibernation season. We've got holidays coming up, shorter colder days and more and more excuses to exercise less and to eat more.</s>WHITFIELD: And so S.A.D., or seasonal affected disorder are most of us -- or many more of us more susceptible to it?</s>LLOY: They think maybe 10 percent of people are susceptible to the changes of sunlight that come with these shorter days. And many cases of major depression are made even worse. So it's something not to be taken lightly. And everyone should make it a point to get outdoors every day and get a little sun. At least 30 minutes of sunlight. And if you're trapped in a dark environment, you need to think about light therapy where you would use a light source that has at least 10,000 lux, LUX. That's now an ordinary light bulb. That's a special light unit that you can get. Talk to a sleep disorder doctor if you think you have S.A.D. And they can hook you up with one of the indoor lighting units.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. Also, associated with winter, of course flu shots. Does that have any impact on our susceptibility to colds?</s>LLOYD: Oh, absolutely not. It's a totally different virus. But it's a powerful idea, and everyone should make their best effort to get that flu shot. In the meantime, you can protect yourself from the cold, of course, by staying away from people who have colds, frequently washing your hands. Some people you know, they love that echinacea. I would pertend to -- or I would favor going with vitamin c instead as a healthier way to protect yourself from the cold virus.</s>WHITFIELD: And also being strong, trying to keep your immunity system up. Not everyone is going to afford or opt to go to the gym. So, what are some other ways to stay healthier, stay fit in the cold winter months?</s>LLOY: Certainly. You are going to want to supplement your life during the winter. And some of these supplements would include a pill you can take every day. Daily vitamins loaded with vitamin C and vitamin D. They are the sunshine vitamins that you are not going to get during the winter, particularly our diets tend to get away from those fresh produce and fresh vegetables. So think about taking a little more vitamin C and vitamin D. As we mentioned earlier get plenty of sunlight. Some people like to take melatonin as a natural remedy for S.A.D. I would only caution you before you change any pills that you're taking, talk to your doctor. Will this interfere with medications that I'm already taking. Clear it with your doctor before hand. You already mentioned about increase the amount of moisture in your life, that includes skin and hand moisturizers. And think about an indoor humidifier as well to raise the moisture in the air in your home. And, of course, more and more hand washing during the winter months to protect yourself and family members from getting the cold.</s>WHITFIELD: All great advice. Thanks so much, Dr. Bill Lloyd.</s>LLOYD: We'll talk again soon.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. And straight ahead, more of CNN LIVE SATURDAY with Carol Lin.</s>CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: I love that Bill Lloyd.</s>WHITFIELD: I do too. I love his energy.</s>LIN: Of course your child is not in school yet. So wait until little John goes to school, because keep... None of that you can avoid.</s>WHITFIEDL: I know, I know.</s>LIN: He's going to get sick. Anyway, coming up at 5:00 today, I'm going to have a debate about the Wal-Mart memo. Did you hear about that? We want to really get down to the bottom basics. Did this Wal-Mart executive actually say that the company should only hire young, healthy people and the change of benefits there for such a large company. What does that mean to people like and you me and the audience. At 6:00 today, Carlos Watson, our political analyst has a fresh take on the White House criminal cases and what President Bush will have to do, interesting ideas on what he might have to do in order to get those poll numbers up and the American people's trust back.</s>WHITFIELD: Look forward to that. We know they are all strategizing right there at the White House, but this time at Camp David this weekend.</s>LIN: Right. Right. All right, blockbust two hours straight ahead.</s>WHITFIELD: All right. We look forward to that. Well, Harriet Miers is no longer a nominee for the Supreme Court. She stepped down on Thursday. Our Jeanne Moos reminds us, though, of some of the reason why in a rather comical way when CNN LIVE SATURDAY returns.</s>WHITFIELD: Well, now that Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to the supreme court, she won't have to endure days of tough questioning by U.S. senators. But what she has endured would make the most thick skinned among us a little weepy; ridiculed, caricatures and some pretty harsh jokes, here's CNN's Jeanne Moos.</s>JEANNE MOOS, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The president and cartoonists called her a pit bull in size six shoes. But the pit bull got eaten alive, insulted on the Web, lampooned on late-night</s>TV. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Thank you for being here on "Jeopardy" -- Ms. Miers.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Just don't ask me any legal questions.</s>BILL MAHER, "REAL TIME WITH BILL MAHER": At least when Clinton talked about tapping the woman down the hall, he was just having sex with her.</s>MOOS: But the jabs from the right were what knocked her out.</s>BAY BUCHANAN, CNN CONTRIBUTOR: The president has made a terrible, terrible mistake.</s>ANN COULTER, CONSERVATIVE COMMENTATOR: We're talking about the Supreme Court. This is not a reward for, you know, best attendance at office of legal counsel meetings.</s>MOOS: Her qualifications, or lack thereof, were a lightning rod for ridicule. "I've never been a judge, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night." As for the mutual admiration she and the president felt, her own words served as a self-inflicted, kill-two-birds-with-one-quote punch.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Dear diary, George W. Bush is the most brilliant man I have ever met.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: He's the most brilliant man I ever met.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All right.</s>MOOS: And though we laughed, it wasn't without a tinge of guilt.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I feel bad for her, yes.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I'm sure she's very glad that it's over, because I feel pretty much, poor Harriet, too.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Capitol Hill is, you know, it's a contact sport up there. You float the balloon, and sometimes it gets shot at. And I mean that's one of the whole problems...</s>MOOS (on camera): She got machine-gunned.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She did.</s>MOOS (voice-over): One minute, it was Harriet Miers' dream come true, nominated to the Supreme Court. The next minute, supreme humiliation, with Harriet Miers look-alike contests pitting her against Darrin's mom from "Bewitched," comedian Amy Sedaris and even Alice Cooper. And who among us could withstand a hairstyle retrospective? But not everyone was saying there, but for the grace of God, go I. Not Nancy Grace, anyway.</s>NANCY GRACE, CNN HEADLINE NEWS: No, I don't feel sorry for her. She'll go write a book.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I have no pity for her, per se, I mean.</s>MOOS (on camera): See, I feel bad for her.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: But he kicks puppies, so, you know.</s>MOOS (voice-over): At least they didn't accuse Harriet Miers of doing that.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: She likes puppies, too.</s>MOOS: WIP, withdraw in peace, said one Web site. It's better to have been nominated and withdrawn than never to have been nominated at all. Bet Harriet Miers doesn't agree, thinking back to her happy nomination.</s>HARRIET MIERS, FORMER SUPREME COURT NOMINEE: I have a special note this morning for my mom. Thank you for your faith.</s>MOOS: Let's hope her 91-year-old mom wasn't surfing the net or watching</s>TV. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This wasn't a choice based on friendship. We're not even that close.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Bushy!</s>MOOS: Wonder if she'll ever wear that blue suit again without feeling blue. Jeanne Moos, CNN, New York.</s>WHITFIELD: Still much more to come on CNN. Straight ahead, the latest controversy to hit Wal-Mart. Critics say an internal memo reveals a plan to discourage unhealthy people from applying for jobs there. Carol Lin takes a look at the accusation straight ahead on CNN LIVE Saturday.