The Ra Optics Blog
Babies: When do they develop a circadian rhythm?
Regardless of your age, the daily cycling of the circadian rhythm is the same. And just as adults respond to external light, babies react in the same way. Managing their light exposure will help establish a healthy circadian rhythm at a young age.
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How does blue light affect your melatonin?
Melatonin is released when our eyes detect darkness. By exposing ourselves to blue light at night, from screens and light bulbs, our eyes don't register it's night-time so the message to release melatonin is not received. Want solutions?
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How can you increase melatonin naturally?
Melatonin is needed for overall health but is best known as the sleep hormone. Without adequate levels or if its release at night-time is being suppressed by artificial blue light, you will experience poor sleep. Read for easy ways to naturally boost your melatonin.
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Is blue light harming my kid’s development?
Are my kids being harmed by too much blue light? Blue light is damaging sleep, moods, and brain focus in the short-term. Longer-term, lack of sleep is detrimental to our mitochondria, leading to chronic illnesses such as cancer and diabetes.
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How to adjust to daylight saving time - this Sunday
Daylight saving time change happens this Sunday. This time change plays havoc with our circadian rhythm but you can prepare for it. The best way is to adjust your bedtime routine by 20 minutes each night, starting this Thursday.
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What is sun gazing and why should I do it?
Sun gazing is the practice of staring at the sun directly as it rises and sets everyday. The benefits of this simple act are both physical and psychological.
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How much sun should I get daily?
Getting sun every day is important for your health, but the sun provides different benefits throughout the day. Early morning and late afternoon sun is best for your circadian rhythm, midday sun is best for increasing your vitamin D content.
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Can I get vitamin D on a cloudy day?
The synthesis of vitamin D is triggered by skin exposure to ultraviolet light. Even on a cloudy day, the level of ultraviolet light is sufficient enough to activate this response.
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Can you get vitamin D through a window?
Increasing your vitamin D levels is critical to strong bones and overall health. Sunlight is your best source but most glass windows filter out UVB, so sitting near a sunny window is not going to help you.
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The Light Diet: Optimized Health Through Light
The Light Diet is a culmination of over 8 years of research and self experimentation to find the solution to my poor health. During this journey, I discovered the most important factor for living our best life – LIGHT. Please take advantage of my learnings from the experts and make changes to improve your own life.
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How to get Vitamin D – the most effective way
Vitamin D is needed for strong bones, immunity, and prevention of many chronic diseases. The sun is the best source of this nutrient, particularly Ultraviolet light (UV), triggering the synthesis of vitamin D. We need it daily for the best results.
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Why we need to sunbathe regularly
Sunbathing is not damaging to our health, but we need to prepare our skin for it. When we don't, the skin doesn't have its own sunscreen, our melanin, to protect it from the harmful UV light.
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