Sleep Well - Ep 2: Use the morning light
Just One Thing - with Michael Mosley
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The Benefits of More Morning Light
In the morning, when sunlight shines into our open eyes, the receptors start signaling to the internal biological clock that it is now daytime. And then this triggers a cascade of subsequent processes in the body. Early daily exposure to daylight has the effect of resetting our central body clock and bringing forward the secretion of the hormone melatonin later that evening. So even when Gray and Overcasteis I would encourage you to go outside and enjoy the natural daylight because it has characteristics that are extremely hard to reproduce with artificial light solutions.
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