2023-10-25 14:00:20
Lack of light can have direct consequences on your body and lead to fatigue, depression, sleep problems, sadness when waking up or even mood swings.
It is now recognized that the drop in light and temperatures directly affects our body and our mind. In winter, and especially after the time change in October, Many people sleep more, gain weight or even become depressed. In these cases, light therapy can be quite effective in several forms.
Light therapy lamps
Light therapy consists of exposing the body to a significant source of light. It can be practiced with the help of a lamp specially designed to provide maximum light (several tens of thousands of lux, unit of measurement of light illuminance). Several hospitals also offer light therapy sessions, but patients can also be loaned a portable lamp by the medical service or obtain one commercially. In general, well-being is felt quickly, for half an hour a day, sitting a few centimeters from the lamp. Energy and dynamism return in most patients within 10 days of starting treatment.
Dawn simulator alarm clock
The dawn simulator, also called “awakening by light”, allows you to resynchronize your biological clock with the natural day/night cycles. For example, if you want to wake up at 8:00 a.m., the simulator will, from 7:30 a.m., gradually turn on and produce increasingly intense light (but still soft and pleasant). At 8:00 a.m., you wake up naturally by the light in the room with the option of birdsong or the sound of a waterfall. Compared to lamps, the dawn simulator is also effective and has the advantage of being easier to use. In both cases, these devices remain quite expensive (count more than €100 for a dawn simulator and €200 for a light therapy lamp).
Some “bright” tips
In addition to these tools, there are natural solutions to take advantage of light. Consider, for example, if you can, walking rather than taking public transport to get to your workplace, going out during your lunch break and soaking up the sun as soon as a ray appears (bicycle ride on the week -end, small café on the terrace…).
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