Mayo Clinic Minute – How change in sunlight can affect your mood

Many parts of the U.S. – and the world — will soon “fall back” as daylight saving time ends and clocks fall back one hour. That means an extra hour of sleep – and earlier sunrises and sunsets.

How does less sun affect your mood and level of energy? Dr. Jesse Bracamonte, a family medicine physician at Mayo Clinic, says sunlight can influence the levels of neurochemicals in the brain.
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