Monday, October 13, 2008

Paul Cezanne Bread and Eggs painting

Paul Cezanne Bread and Eggs paintingLaurie Maitland Symphony in Red and Khaki I paintingWilliam Bouguereau Lambs painting
Did you know that sunlight exposure in the early morning is better than exposure at later times in the day?
Light exposure helps regulate our “circadian rhythms”. If our circadian rhythm runs in tune with the 24-hour day, our sleep quality is highly optimized. However, many of us are pushing our body clocks to run on a 25-hour day, which gives us the tendency to stay up later and later each night, making it harder and harder to wake up on time the next morning.
To “reset” a 25-hour body clock back to a 24-hour period, we need to understand how light regulates this body clock.
Studies have shown that light in the early morning has a strong “resetting” effect on the body clock, while light later in the evening “advances” the body clock. It’s the first hour or so after waking up where the “resetting” effect is strongest.

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