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Ep 036: You’re Not ‘Just Tired.’ Why Fatigue Is The Red Flag of Mitochondrial Dysfunction with Carrie Bennett, MS

The Quantum Biology Collective Podcast

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The Effects of Morning Sunlight on Sleep

We were designed to get that initial surge of cortisol and kickstart all those hypothalamic pituitary pathways. As the sun goes higher, when ultraviolet light appears, that's when actually we start to build serotonin. And then that serotonin is a precursor to melatonin at night. So upon darkness, that serotonin gets converted into melatonin and it helps us to fall asleep at a circadian appropriate time.

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