03/01/2025
☀️Before joining an expensive gym, signing up to a cleanse of buying a tracking device, are you doing the simple things?
☀️Walking, running or even sitting outdoors, in the daylight, whether it’s sunny or grey, whether it’s hot or cold, is vital for your mental and physical wellbeing.
☀️Getting 10 minutes of daylight into your eyes in the morning, is an important factor in determining how you will sleep that night. Morning light helps to set your cortisol pulse - when cortisol rises (giving you that get up and go feeling) and when it falls, but it also sets off a timer in your nervous system that dictates when a different hormone, called melatonin, which makes you sleepy, will be secreted. Cortisol and melatonin have opposing rhythms, with the release of melatonin signalling the start of inactivity, and the readiness for sleep.
☀️Going for a walk in nature if possible, or even just a brisk 10 minutes around the block, improves mental alertness, mood and energy levels.
☀️A 10 minute walk after a meal can aid with digestion, and help moderate blood sugar levels.
🚶🏽♀️Are you getting outside for a walk every day?
