New Lamps Promise Better Sleep

Yellow light bulbs and eyeglasses that filter out the blue light do not stop the flow of melatonin, the sleep hormone, the way ordinary light bulbs do.

University Heights, OH (PRWEB) December 24, 2005 -- Half of Americans say they don’t sleep well. Ordinary light bulbs may be part of the reason.

Light is known to suppress the secretion of melatonin, the sleep hormone. It is now known that it is the blue rays in ordinary light that cut off the melatonin.

Physicists at John Carroll University have invented light bulbs that remove the blue rays. Light without the blue rays looks yellow. They recommend that people having trouble falling to sleep switch to using the yellow lights in the hours before going to bed to get their melatonin flowing.

Scientists at Toronto University have proven that wearing goggles with filters that block the blue light allow people to make melatonin. Putting on yellow glasses for a couple hours before bed time is thus another option for getting to sleep more quickly.

Children who are afraid to sleep in the dark should use yellow night lights so the light does not cause them to have reduced melatonin.

Melatonin not only promotes sleep it is also a powerful antioxidant.

Abstracts of research papers collected on the website document the many benefits of melatonin. Sleep professionals are encouraged to explore how these new tools may be used in treating serious sleeping problems.

Yellow light bulbs, filters for TV and computers screens and blue-blocking eyeglasses are all available at www.sleeplamps.com.

Contact:
Dr. Richard Hansler
28120 Belcourt Rd.
Pepper Pike, OH 44124
(216) 397-1657