Morning sunlight is important because it significantly impacts our physiological state, enhancing alertness, mood, and sleep quality.
Exposure to morning sunlight increases daytime alertness and also plays a crucial role in regulating your nighttime sleep.
Here are the reasons based on the information shared by Andrew Huberman
Regulates Circadian Rhythms
Morning sunlight helps set the body's internal clock, ensuring proper regulation of sleep-wake cycles and various biological processes, like metabolism.
Boosts Cortisol Production
It triggers a natural increase in cortisol, a hormone that helps promote wakefulness and, in controlled amounts, supports a healthy immune system.
Improves Sleep Quality
Exposure to bright morning light is linked to better sleep quality as it helps time the release of melatonin, the sleep-inducing hormone, more effectively for the evening.
Enhances Mood and Mental Health
The interaction of sunlight with specific cells in the eyes triggers pathways in the brain that can improve mood and feelings of well-being
Get sunlight (outside, from a low solar angle if possible) in your eyes as close to waking as possible (within 30-60min).
If you wake up before sunrise, turn on as many lights as possible.
10 min of looking in the direction of the sun (do not stare directly at it).
Even if it's cloudy, if you can see outside without artificial lights it means there is sunlight.
Action: Get 10 minutes of sunlight in the first hour of your day!
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