Jonathan Jarecki

And now, this is really important because

Another aspect of sunbathing, which we'll get into in the next one, in the next step here, infrared light from sunrise actually protects your body from UV damage in the middle of the day.

So being exposed to that infrared light in the morning is going to, in some cases, potentially help you prevent sunburn and just help your body prevent the negative consequences of too much UV light during the middle of the day.

And so this could be, again, because of that subcellular melatonin being produced, acting like an antioxidant, also because of mitochondrial function, things like this.

But so yeah, getting that longer wavelengths of red and infrared light in the morning can help with that.

And then also, again, setting that circadian system.

So

Yes, viewing bright morning sunlight unfiltered within the first hour waking up is great.

Your cortisol is going to increase, which is what you actually want.

Cortisol is not the stress hormone.

It's a glucocorticoid that responds to glucose and all these other things.

But we want that high amount of cortisol in the morning, low amount of melatonin in the morning.

And you're going to get that from viewing morning sunlight in the first hour waking up.

But viewing the sunrise, and Andrew Schubertman actually has published a paper on this, a

It's the contrast of the yellow, orange, red versus the blue above the sun when it's rising, right?

It's that contrast that actually tells our brain and our neural circuits that it is morning and it's time to activate all the things that we need to

be activated during the day.

And so viewing that contrast, viewing that sunrise is going to be beneficial for your circadian system.

Also, you're getting all the red and infrared light, which is going to be utilizing what these studies are showing, what Glenn Jeffrey has showed, what these red light wavelengths are doing to our mitochondria.

So viewing the sunrise, I like to say sunlight before screen light.