Fall depressions and winter blues are once again in the air, now that fall has officially begun. Santéonline gives tips to get through the cold months more optimistically.
Daylight Our bodies need natural daylight to produce cortisol, the hormone that keeps us awake, attentive and resistant to stress. In autumn, the amount of daylight decreases. A walk in the open air during your lunch break will provide you with enough daylight to compensate for this loss.
Winter food
In winter we exchange salads and fruit for game and stews. Not coincidentally, because sufficient animal proteins make it easier for us to produce enough cortisol. Solid winter food is therefore necessary.
Sleep Completely darken your bedroom so that enough of the sleep hormone melatonin is produced at night. This ensures the necessary cortisol production during the day. For a good night's sleep, it is better not to eat or drink anything for the last two hours before going to bed and ensure eight hours of sleep per night.
Sugars
Beware of energy boosters such as refined sugars (cookies, candy, soft drinks and pastries), because these provide a short energy boost but immediately exhaust you again. The caffeine from coffee, cola, tea and chocolate also provides only a short-term energy boost. It ensures the production of adrenaline, but also for an energy dip afterwards.
Regularity
If you want to maintain your energy level, you must ensure that your metabolism remains in balance. This balance is disrupted, among other things, if you eat and sleep irregularly.
Move
Recreational sports without the urge to perform releases a number of endorphins in the brain that are good for body and mind. It has a relaxing effect and gives you an energy boost. Exercising to the limit, on the other hand, is not good for you.
