There’s lots of anecdotal evidence that melatonin supplements help some people sleep but not others. There’s also much debate about the proper dose and timing. For one thing, the amount of melatonin the body produces is miniscule compared with commercial dosages. For another, there’s strong evidence that morning exposure to sunlight leads to a melatonin […]
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Starving for light
Who you gonna believe, this gadget or your lying eyes? You live in an cocoon made of steel, glass, rubber and wood. Seduced by the simplicity of electric lights and herded by a tight schedule, you see only slivers of sunlight as you hustle to school or work each day. You think your life is […]
Run in the morning sun, sleep better
Ben Franklin almost got it right. “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise” summed up sleep’s importance. But Ben’s folk wisdom got good sleep’s cause and effect backward. New research shows that how well you sleep often depends on what you did that morning. Morning sun The research, conducted at […]
