Use This One Trick To Sleep Better Today: Linda Geddes | Bitesize

Sleep is one of the most important pillars of health. Our bodies and our brains are designed to function during the day and rest at night.

Circadian rhythms are 24-hour cycles which are kept in time by light and dark cycles. These rhythms can become disrupted by changing our exposure to light which can affect our sleep and make us feel sluggish during the day. Everything from our immune-system function, our gut function, our muscle strength and our hormones show a daily rhythm.

Exposure to bright light after sunset is a modern phenomenon. Darkness is a signal to our bodies that it’s time to rest and access to bright light and screens at night disrupts these signals.

This week’s Feel Better Live More Bitesize guest is award-winning journalist, Linda Geddes.

She explains that there are simple things that we can do to help reset our circadian rhythms. Linda shares the findings of her own experiment of getting rid of light at night in her own home.

Finally, she gives her tips on what we can all do to get more light into our days and darken our nights.

Access to sunlight, even in winter, is crucial for living a happy and fulfilling life. I hope you feel inspired to get outside!

Watch the full Feel Better Live More podcast episode:
#77 Why Getting More Light Will Transform Your Health with Linda Geddes

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[JulieSilverTheVitalityFairy]

Wonderful advice from another great interview, thank you 😍 I’ve been getting outdoors more in the last year and keeping light exposure to a minimum, also wearing blue light blocking glasses during the daytime when on phone/computer and the amber/red ones in the evening from 8pm. My sleep and energy levels have definitely improved since doing this. 🙌😇🌈🌞🧚‍♀️💫

[BillyG]

So as someone who grew up on the Beach in Southern California I now understand why I feel so Lee’s enervated in Northern California. I am constantly feeling like I’m missing really feel great when on the Beach...

[lynda.grace.]

I use full spectrum lightbulbs (mainly incandescent, but also a few fluorescent) to simulate sunlight indoors during the daytime, especially in the winter (I live at the 49th parallel). I turn them on to coincide with sunrise. In the evenings I use low level lighting and have the f.lux app which is calibrated to my latitude to automatically control the intensity and color of my screen installed on my computer screen should I wish to watch programs.

When I sleep I have full blackout curtains in the bedroom which is the colour of chocolate ganache to reduce light reflection from the security lighting surrounding my building. This enables me to eliminate most of the light bleed which compromises sleep.

These two tactics help a great deal.

[cutesong]

I am always waiting for your video doc😊

[cutesong]

Dynamic meditation helped me to be stressfree and i can sleep early

[hibbiteejibbitee]

Any advice for falling back to sleep for us middle of the night waker uppers?

[rebeccagreen]

I always try and get daylight before midday.:)

I have tried taking melatonin but it gives me nightmares. Weird side effect.

[stephanieabinakle]

Dr. Andrew Huberman explains this well from a neuroscienctistic perspective, for optimal brain performance.