You can do more if you have time, and feel free to use the time outside to exercise, walk, eat a light breakfast or journal in the sunlight. On a sunny morning, get outside for 5-10 minutes. A morning spike in cortisol will also positively influence your immune system, metabolism and ability to focus during the day.įurther, morning sunlight helps regulate your “ circadian clock” - the body’s mechanism for anticipating when to wake up and go to sleep - and it manages other biological processes like hunger and body temperature. Viewing sunlight within the first hours of waking (as soon as you can, even if through cloud cover) increases early-day cortisol release (the ideal time for elevated cortisol) and prepares the body for sleep later that night. I consider viewing morning sunlight in the top five of all actions that support mental health, physical health and performance.Īs regular listeners of Huberman Lab can attest, “ View morning sunlight !” is one of my common refrains. Morning Sunlight to Set Your Mind and Body Correctly Given that light has tremendous positive effects, this newsletter aims to outline zero-cost tools to harness the power of light to improve mental and physical health. Light directly impacts our mood, our sleep, our ability to wake up and focus, our hormone levels, our immune system and our ability to cope with stress. In Episode #68, I discuss how light directs a number of key aspects of our physiology to strongly impact our overall health and well-being. This newsletter aims to provide you with actionable information in a condensed form. Thank you for joining the Huberman Lab Neural Network - a once-a-month newsletter with science and science-related tools for everyday life.
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