Andrew Huberman· PhD
So I'm presuming at this point that you're getting your morning light to time your cortisol increase.
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So I'm presuming at this point that you're getting your morning light to time your cortisol increase.
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so when the sun rose in the morning we would have this trigger and entrainment of our circadian rhythms that would release cortisol um very high and very in very high quantities in the morning which was almost like that defibrillator on the body saying right jump start you into the day you've got to be active now you've got to go out and hunt you've got to go out and gather do whatever you want to do during the day to stay alive
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