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The Circadian Edge: Dr. Satchin Panda on How to Optimize Your Health and Performance with Your Inner Clock

The BluePrint with Dr. Erik Korem

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The Melatonin Level Is Regulated by the Circadian Clock

melatonin is one hormone in our body that's almost entirely regulated by our circadian clock and by light. If we're in a dimly lit environment suppose in the evening if you go home and there is a little bit 40 watts light bulbs in your living room or kitchen room it will actually tell your pineal gland to produce melatonin roughly two hours before sleep time. A lot of people for whom the melatonin levels begin to rise around sleep timeOkay so what are the other things that affect melatonin? We also know that bright light particularly blue spectrum of light which is rich in blue and this light LED light if you walk into any gross restore or pharmacy in the US that light level very

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