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Even moderate light exposure during sleep harms heart health and increases insulin resistance: study (Block light any way possible)
Medical Xpress / Northwestern University / Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences / JAMA ^ | Mar. 14, 2022 | Dr. Phyllis Zee, et al

Posted on 03/14/2022 6:31:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMind

Close the blinds, draw the curtains and turn off all the lights before bed. Exposure to even moderate ambient lighting during nighttime sleep, compared to sleeping in a dimly lit room, harms your cardiovascular function during sleep and increases your insulin resistance the following morning, reports a new study.

"The results demonstrate that a single night of exposure to moderate room lighting during sleep can impair glucose and cardiovascular regulation, which are risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and metabolic syndrome," said Dr. Phyllis Zee. "It's important for people to avoid or minimize the amount of light exposure during sleep."

"We showed your heart rate increases when you sleep in a moderately lit room," said Dr. Daniela Grimaldi. "Even though you are asleep, your autonomic nervous system is activated. That's bad. Usually, your heart rate together with other cardiovascular parameters are lower at night and higher during the day."

Investigators found insulin resistance occurred the morning after people slept in a light room. Insulin resistance is when cells in your muscles, fat and liver don't respond well to insulin and can't use glucose from your blood for energy. To make up for it, your pancreas makes more insulin. Over time, your blood sugar goes up.

Zee's top tips for reducing light during sleep

(1) Don't turn lights on. If you need to have a light on (which older adults may want for safety), make it a dim light that is closer to the floor.

(2) Color is important. Amber or a red/orange light is less stimulating for the brain. Don't use white or blue light and keep it far away from the sleeping person.

(3) Blackout shades or eye masks are good if you can't control the outdoor light. Move your bed so outdoor light isn't shining on your face.

(Excerpt) Read more at medicalxpress.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: nightlight; sleephealth
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1 posted on 03/14/2022 6:31:55 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
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To: Pete from Shawnee Mission; Mazey; ckilmer; goodnesswins; Jane Long; BusterDog; jy8z; ...

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2 posted on 03/14/2022 6:32:19 PM PDT by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: ConservativeMind

ridiculous...


3 posted on 03/14/2022 6:34:27 PM PDT by sit-rep ( )
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To: ConservativeMind

Talking about Vampires


4 posted on 03/14/2022 6:35:27 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: ConservativeMind

I started wearing a good sleep mask. I thought it would bother me, but it doesn’t.


5 posted on 03/14/2022 6:35:31 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: GnuThere

What about daytime naps?


6 posted on 03/14/2022 6:36:44 PM PDT by ryderann
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To: ConservativeMind

WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!

(Of something.... sometime...)


7 posted on 03/14/2022 6:37:32 PM PDT by BwanaNdege
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To: ConservativeMind

Years ago I decided that in my dream home the bed would occupy the central portion of a large, double entry walk in with the well lit bathroom and laundry room behind it that had no windows and the outer room, which would normally be the bedroom, would be like a personal sitting room and study with lots of bookshelves and light.


8 posted on 03/14/2022 6:37:48 PM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: ConservativeMind

Low light for sleep bump.


9 posted on 03/14/2022 6:39:42 PM PDT by TChad ("Joe, we should evacuate the civilians before the military. You understand that, right? Joe?")
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To: ConservativeMind

Great. Now old folks are going to fall down and break their shoulders and hips because they can’t see in the dark.

Take all advice from “experts” with a warehouse-full of salt.


10 posted on 03/14/2022 6:44:20 PM PDT by Ken H (Trump won.)
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To: ConservativeMind

everything causes heart problems...now that questions are being raised about possible vax injuries to the heart.

Australia is on overdrive coming up with everything but the vaxxes in the following cases. 3 fit 52-year-olds, all from the State of Victoria. we’ve had causes like extreme dieting, political stress, thyroid problem, etc etc...and now it’s -

14 March: Daily Mail UK: Is this the real reason heart attacks are soaring? Astonishing Covid data emerges after the sudden heart attack deaths of Shane Warne and Kimberley Kitching
Warne and Kitching were both aged 52 when they suffered heart attacks
Ex-AFL player Dean Wallis also suffered heart attack aged 52, but survived
States least affected by Covid have highest rates of heart health checks
By PADRAIG COLLINS
The sudden heart attack deaths of cricket legend Shane Warne and Senator Kimberley Kitching exposed how many people have missed out on getting health checks during the pandemic.
That they were both aged 52 and died within days of each other has made people in middle age take notice, added to by the heart attack also just suffered by ex-AFL player Dean Wallis.
Wallis, eerily also aged 52, survived and had emergency heart surgery...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10609553/Shane-Warne-Kimberley-Kitching-Dean-Wallis-reason-curse-52.html?fr=operanews


11 posted on 03/14/2022 6:46:38 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: ryderann

I wear it for naps - it needs to be a good one that blocks all light.


12 posted on 03/14/2022 6:47:31 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Ken H

Old people are smarter than you over reacting to this.

Many of them just wear a sleep mask over their eyes. Or they turn on a light by their bed.

Simple. They know how to handle it. You need to learn how to handle it without flying off it.


13 posted on 03/14/2022 6:47:34 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Sooooo..... what happens when your dreams consists of daytime scenarios? Inquiring minds want too know.


14 posted on 03/14/2022 6:47:59 PM PDT by LastDayz (A blunt and brazen Texan. I will not be assimilated.)
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To: ConservativeMind
Hillary must sleep well then.

I'm sure Bill likes the lights out. LOL

15 posted on 03/14/2022 6:48:02 PM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ConservativeMind

BULL HOCKEY on steroids.


16 posted on 03/14/2022 6:48:06 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: ConservativeMind

Where was the funding for this research given from? These “expert researchers” are wedded to the teat of government grants—aka taxpayers.


17 posted on 03/14/2022 6:49:37 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: ConservativeMind

18 posted on 03/14/2022 6:50:22 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (Democracy is two dead Democrats and a Republican voting who's brains are for dinner.)
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To: ConservativeMind
But I like sleeping in moonlight. Find it very peaceful.

19 posted on 03/14/2022 6:52:05 PM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Some people are just light sleepers.


20 posted on 03/14/2022 6:52:07 PM PDT by Redcitizen
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