LAD , the hidden stress

Are the lights in your house and work harming your health?

LED lights may use less electricity to produce its light but modern LED lights remove the red and violet frequencies in order to save electricity. This means we are being over exposed to greater amounts of blue and green frequencies. LED’s may be saving electricity but is it at the cost of harming your health?

Circadian rhythm is the natural day/night or light/dark cycle that the body goes through. A disrupted circadian rhythm can lead to many different health issues. Conditions like poor sleep, insomnia, digestive troubles, hormonal imbalances (beyond reproductive hormones into stress hormones and brain chemistry like dopamine). It can be linked to increased pain in muscles and joints and to poor recovery from wounds or injuries. When this circadian rhythm disruption continues it will become a stress and activate the brain and nervous system into the defence, survival response.

Our modern lives, with modern lighting means we are exposing ourselves to far too much LED cool white light especially after dark. Light after dark (LAD) is a hidden stress that is disrupting the circadian rhythm.

Learning to minimise LAD through turning off overhead lights and using lamps with red and violet frequencies, or candles as another option can be a start to help signal healthier circadian rhythm. Another healthy step is putting down devices like phones, tablets and computers at least 1 hour before bed if not once the sun has set. Adding in an outdoor morning routine when the sun is rising or at least spending 20-30min outdoors in the morning sunshine can also help promote a healthier circadian rhythm. 

Your health is run by the laws of nature and LAD breaks these laws for a person to expression health optimally and naturally. Getting back to nature in our light/dark or day/night cycle takes away this hidden modern stress helping to optimise your circadian rhythm and allowing greater health to be expressed.

Nature needs no help, just no interference. LAD is creating an interference.