Our body clocks are affected by how bright or dark our environment is. During the hours of darkness our brain produces the sleep hormone melatonin, which helps us to fall asleep. This melatonin production will stop when we are exposed to light. During winter times, when the hours of darkness are long, we would need to wake up in the morning when the sun has not yet risen. At these moments of darkness our brains are still producing melatonin and as such, our waking is sudden, causing us to be disoriented and drowsy at the time of waking and tired the rest of the day. Instead of relying on sleep medications, which could harm our health in the long run, a possible solution to deal with this problem could be the use of a dawn simulator. This device, sometimes called a na View the rest of this article
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
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