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Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism

Huberman Lab

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How Much Light Do I Really Need?

There is no one size fits all prescription, because thereis a range of melotonean receptors. So everybody needs to figure out for themselves how much light they need early in the day and howmuch light they need to avoid late in the day. Seasonal rhythms have a number of effects, but humans are not purely seasonal breeders. Unlike a lot of animals, we breed all year. There'sa preponderance of september babies in my life. Not actual babies, but pepe. They're born in september, which means that they were conceived in december.

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