The evidence is convergent. Multiple independent sources reach the same conclusion, the underlying mechanism is well-characterized, and even the field's most cautious voices treat it as worth doing.
There was another study, however, in an animal model, which is, you know, a little bit more interesting. And once again, they found a very similar phenotype that the rats, sorry they were mice, the mice fell asleep faster. And they also spent longer time in sleep. The sleep duration also increased.
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Kiwi fruits have been previously touted as potentially having a sleep benefit, which again
What they found in the animal study is that they could block those kiwifruit sleep benefits using a GABA blocking agent.
what they did find was that it decreased the speed of time with which it took you to fall asleep.
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.