Get Up And Do Something: Still sleepy? Perk up with these 10 energy-boosters

Get Up And Do Something Get up and Do Something is a program of the Delaware Coalition to Promote Physical Activity and Healthy Nutrition. Your source for optimal health.

Still sleepy? Perk up with these 10 energy-boosters Oct 24th 2012, 11:46 This Halloween, try out a really original costume: You, dressed as a person who's rested, refreshed, and bursting with energy. Trust us -- no one will ever recognize you. Ah, if it were only that simple. But there's no disguising the fact that fall is the sleepy season, thanks to the effect of diminishing daylight hours on your body. As the sun sets earlier and earlier each day, your levels of sleep-inducing melatonin begin rising sooner, says John Caldwell, Ph.D., a psychologist who has researched fatigue for NASA and the U.S. military. This can make you feel drowsy well before bedtime. Add to that the usual daily dose of work stress, a less-than-perfect diet, a chronic shortage of shut-eye, and hours gazing at glowing touchscreens, and it's a wonder you're not facedown at your desk by noon.

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