Andrew Huberman· PhD
you should get your kids outside absolutely all kinds of reasons and you should get outside too especially in the morning set that circadian rhythm
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The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
you should get your kids outside absolutely all kinds of reasons and you should get outside too especially in the morning set that circadian rhythm
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this is especially important in kids all right this is one of the things that you know this paper points out and their good data that people are spending approximately 90% of their time indoors nowadays daytime time time indoors and those indoor environments are simply not bright enough
the vast majority of people feel better when they're getting this morning and evening sunlight exposure
10 minutes of bright outdoor light within the first hour of waking anchors the circadian phase and improves sleep onset that night.
Morning sunlight exposure shifts the cortisol awakening response forward, improving daytime alertness.
Long-term morning sunlight reduces age-related macular degeneration risk.
Sleep regularity predicts all-cause mortality more strongly than sleep duration.
Tracking deep sleep on a wearable accurately reflects EEG-measured slow-wave sleep.
Caffeine has a half-life long enough that consumption after 2pm measurably degrades deep sleep in slow metabolizers.