Melatonin is needed for overall health but is best known as the sleep hormone. Without adequate levels or if its release at night-time is being suppressed by artificial blue light, you will experience poor sleep. Read for easy ways to naturally boost your melatonin.

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Getting sun every day is important for your health, but the sun provides different benefits throughout the day. Early morning and late afternoon sun is best for your circadian rhythm, midday sun is best for increasing your vitamin D content.

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The synthesis of vitamin D is triggered by skin exposure to ultraviolet light. Even on a cloudy day, the level of ultraviolet light is sufficient enough to activate this response.

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Increasing your vitamin D levels is critical to strong bones and overall health. Sunlight is your best source but most glass windows filter out UVB, so sitting near a sunny window is not going to help you.  

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Sunbathing is not damaging to our health, but we need to prepare our skin for it. When we don't, the skin doesn't have its own sunscreen, our melanin, to protect it from the harmful UV light.

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