Andrew Huberman· PhD
Get sunlight in your eyes (early day)
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Get sunlight in your eyes (early day)
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Viewing morning sunlight increases morning cortisol levels by 50%, which is a good thing (early in the day) because it increases immune function, alertness, and “sets” a timer to fall asleep ~14-16 hours later.
Get sunlight in your eyes (early day)
Bright Light & Cortisol Release, Tool: Increase Morning Cortisol & Sunlight
the protocol that I'm always beating the drum about that people should get sunlight in their eyes as close to waking as possible-- that actually enhances or increases the peak level of cortisol that's experienced early in the day.
And if you don't have access to sunlight for whatever reason, then you want to do the same thing with bright artificial lights indoors, either so-called SAD lamp or otherwise.
One of the best ways to restrict that cortisol peak to the early part of the day is to get morning sunlight in your eyes as soon as you can.
don't we want the sunlight in our eyes to entrain our circadian rhythms
even five even five minutes being enough like early early morning bright light exposure and it's like is it an hour and a half how long is this this low anger in the in the morning how long is the low anger angles