6 Tricks That Will Help You Become One Of Those People Who Can Fall Asleep In Minutes


If you’ve ever lost power in your house or apartment, you may have found that you slept way better that night. You probably got tired as the sun went down and woke up when it came back up again. Maybe you didn’t even need an alarm clock. That’s because when your main source of light is the sun, your body’s internal clock syncs up with its natural light-dark cycles, says Winter. “As the sun goes down very slowly, it’s a natural trigger for melatonin (the hormone that triggers the onset of sleep) secretion, and it’s very powerful.”

Your melatonin levels should rise a couple hours before it’s time for bed and go back down in the morning. But a new study by researchers at the University of Colorado found that in our artificial light- and device-filled world, hormone levels tend to fall after we’ve already been awake for a while, and don’t drop with the sun as they should. However, you can reset your internal clock. To get the effect, dim your lights and avoid blue-light emitting electronics for at least an hour before you get in bed, pull down your shades, and remove glowing clocks or devices from your bedroom. (Hit the reset button—and burn fat like crazy with The Body Clock Diet!)