Aging Better: Adjusting to the end of daylight saving time - How to beat ‘Fall fatigue’| Podcast

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — As autumn settles in and daylight begins to fade before most of us even finish the evening commute, that familiar sluggish feeling often follows right behind.It is widely known as “Fall fatigue,” and according to Dr. Dhaval Desai, a direct primary care physician with The Atlanta Internists, that sudden dip in energy is not just in your head—it is directly wired into your brain and biology.“Our bodies—we have to remember we are so busy day to day, but the seasons, the temperature, the amount of daylight we have, everything affects our body,” Dr. Desai explained on this week’s episode of the Aging Better podcast. “Our brain is our number one organ that is so sensitive to that.”The biology behind ‘Fall fatigue’When daylight hours rapidly shrink following the end of Daylight Saving Time, our natural internal clock takes an immediate hit.“As we get tired, our brain secretes a hormone that we all know about called melatonin. As the hours are darker, melato