Sleep is very, very important! For all of us, paleo, keto, low carb, livin la vida- whatever. Sleep is at least as important as proper diet!
I hope you know the basics by now of ‘sleep hygiene’, but then again I realize most average people don’t-
You need to sleep in total darkness; if you live in an urban (meaning lots of lights left lit all night) area- you need blackout curtains! Even a slight amount of light after dark will disturb your all important circadian rhythmns.
You need all electronics (especially a TV in the bedroom!) out of that bedroom entirely.
If you have a nightlight, make sure it is with a red bulb. Like in an old-fashioned darkroom- this will not disturb your circadian nightime settings, like any light with a blue light spectrum. Like any white light.
And there is one more thing you can do, that is really important- wear blue blocking lenses or else just don’t look at screens before bedtime. Read a book or take a walk on a dark rural road before bed (like I do). Read one of my books under my pen name Jess Thornton set here in the Driftless region- guaranteed to put you right to sleep…
But this last is kind of my main point in this podcast- if you wear eyeglasses, like I do when I drive at least- get your lenses tinted yellow!
I know, it sounds simplistic. But, I am here to tell you that I have had yellow tinted lenses for well over a year now, and that slight yellow tint has made a huge difference! Not just in sleep quality; I mean, I don’t usually wear my glasses at all at night, but if I did, I could watch TV or the computer assured that blue light was not startling my eyes and body into alertness just before bedtime.
There are other benefits as well- I researched this, as I do, greatly before taking this step:
This yellowish tint blocks blue light, as I said, and this helps to prevent macular degeneration. It also makes it much easier to drive without being blinded by other autos headlights, since the yellow tint serves as a kind of sunglass, without being a dark lens.
In fact, the yellow tint is almost unnoticeable, since you can wear it indoors just as you wear standard eyeglasses. I even find that now, when I sing in church with my choir, that the bright light of the sunshine through the stained glass no longer bothers my eyes at all!
I used to want to wear sunglasses in church, but was reluctant to look like “Joe Cool”, wearing sunglasses indoors as I sang…
So now, I just wear my yellow tinted glasses instead. I smile, knowing that while I don’t look like I’m trying to be cool with (slightly) yellow lenses-
I know that I secretly…. AM!
Because I am spreading the word about blue blocker lenses. Almost subliminally!
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