Do you have brain fog? Are you craving all the carbs? Find getting out of bed is the hardest task of the day? If the answer is yes, then you might be among the one in 15 people in the UK experiencing Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).
“As light levels drop, our internal clock drifts, triggering a drop in our feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin while elevating melatonin,” explains Adele Wolstenhulme, clinical psycho-neuro-immunology practitioner and nutrition consultant. “It’s a biological response to seasonal light loss that can trigger a real, clinical low.”
