After Sunset - Block Blue Light
Sunlight Part 3 of 3
Fourth time of day: Sunset. When the sun sets there is no more blue light. Think about how humans evolved and what our ancestors did when the sun set. They lit a fire and used that firelight in order to see. The light was orange, amber, red toned. Think about trying to mimic this light environment after sunset with unscented beeswax candles, covering lamps with red scarves, replacing some lightbulbs with red lightbulbs, Himalayan sea salt lamps. Turn off overhead lights. The blue lights are giving our body-minds these cortisol spikes, and blood sugar and insulin spikes in the evening. It’s really damaging to many facets of our health.
Blue light at night in hundreds of studies is linked to cancer, metabolic disease, obesity, insomnia, and mental health issues. When the sun is down, you’ll want to wear blue light blocking glasses - you have to get the orange or red lenses - the clear lenses block a violet colored light that we are not as concerned with. During the day you can wear the yellow lens glasses to block blue light from screens and harsh office lighting. To reiterate, any time the sun is down, you want to be thinking that you need to get rid of the blue light from your environment. You’ll want to adjust your lighting to the orange and red tones or wear the amber or red-lens glasses.
Another recommendation is to install Iris or other software on the computer to mitigate this light. In the winter time, its also going to be before sunrise. This lays the groundwork to resetting your circadian rhythm. It’s not only going to uplevel your overall health, its going to help bring your weight back into balance, improve sleep, and reset your energy to last throughout the day.
If this vibes with you, it could be viewed as a loving, feminine-energy approach to cyclical living - a counterbalance to our go-go-go culture of work-life, that is no longer working for us. If we don’t work on this piece, we’re going to be stuck because so much of our health relies on being in balance with our rhythms. [This writing was adapted from the Thyroid Fixxr podcast episode 451.]
