4 ms·
> Still, don't sleep with the TV on, and don't see bright (room) light within a couple hours before bed, because that will actually suppress total melatonin by
by irremediable 12y ago
> Still, don't sleep with the TV on, and don't see bright (room) light within a couple hours before bed, because that will actually suppress total melatonin by a significant percentage.
How do you avoid seeing bright light in the last few hours before bed?
Thank you for making f.lux, by the way. It's very cool, and I hope it gets more thorough biomed testing soon.
- judk 12y agoThe whole point of f.lux is avoiding bright light near bedtime.
- irremediable 12y agoYeah, I know that. Specifically bright blue lights. I wondered what people did to avoid blue light in the few hours before they went to bed. Turns out dim, orange lamps are one answer.
- actionscripted 12y agoTurn off the TV, get something like F.lux on your mobile/tablet or don't use it and if you need light get something with low-blue output. I searched for a long time to find a room light that avoided blue light and you have options with dimmer stands and certain bulbs. I ended up with some absurd-looking salt lamp that casts a soft orange light and has a dimmer (and allegedly releases magical ions that purify or clean the air -- not buying this last one).
- irremediable 12y agoAh right, so just replacing room lights. Thanks.
- mleonhard 12y agoMost products that claim to produce ions are actually making ozone, which is very harmful to your health: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html