Morning Sunshine
I love having my morning tea in the morning sunshine, when sunshine is available. We’ve been having a lot of rain, lately.
Exposing your body to morning sunshine can help with sleep. It affects your body’s natural rhythm, called circadian clock which is the internal clock that sets the 24 hour cycle of sleep and wake. Thirty minutes of morning sunshine between sunrise and 9 am can also reduce the risk of cancer, according to Dr. Dr Khan, a clinical oncologist at Queen’s Centre for Oncology and Hematology at Castle Hill Hospital, UK.
According to dr. Kahn, the sunshine must hit part of the retina at the back of the eye which contains light-sensitive retinal ganglion cells. This signals brain to activate the mitochondria to produce a flood of melatonin. Fascinating. I need to do more research on this. In the meantime, I’m setting my alarm to wake up early to get some free sunshine for health.