How to Get Bright Light in Your Eyes Without Sunglasses

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Every cell in your body has a 24 hour clock, meaning there's a timer that goes from zero to 24 and then repeats. The way tat those clocks are ed into coherent action is from a signal from this brain structure called the hypothalmus. And the only way that signal can arrive properly is if you were getting light to trigger the hypohthalmus to say, ok, it's the start of the day. Many people, including me, wake up before the sun is out. But sunlight is really the key.

Leading neuroscientist and Stanford University School of Medicine professor Dr. Andrew Huberman goes in-depth on how small behaviors can make a huge impact on your health. Dr. Huberman offers essential insights into how light affects your sleep and your energy levels, which supplements actually work, tips to control bad impulses, exercises to slow the aging process, and so much more. Dr. Huberman has made numerous significant contributions to the fields of brain development, brain function and neural plasticity, which is the ability of our nervous system to rewire and learn new behaviors, skills and cognitive functioning. Huberman is a McKnight Foundation and Pew Foundation Fellow and was awarded the Cogan Award in 2017, given to the scientist making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision. His lab’s most recent work focuses on the influence of vision and respiration on human performance and brain states, such as fear and courage. --

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