Winterblues effects and remedies

Very healthy blue sky

Daylight and blue skys are very important for the well being of humans. Did you know too low light (lux) in a longer time (some months) can have effect on your health? On a cloudy day the light is around 1000 to 2000 lux. This is around the minimum for the body of a human body to work properly.
Inside the light is mostly too low. One lux is the same as one candlelight. In your living room mostly the light (lux) is around 150 lux (if you are lucky) in the office mostly some more (300 to 500). Daylight is much stronger. In summertime with full sun you can receive around 100.000 lux.

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By the way, it is not only sunlight you need, but the light in general. The most important part is the blue sky. Your eyes react on that, they absorb and give information to your brains it is time to wake up. (Be aware of the fact that the light from your computer or tablet have the same effect when you use it late in the evening!)

When it is turning darker your brains get the information to get ready for sleeping. You can already feel the difference when you look at the picture from an inside lamp and a picture of a sunny day with blue sky. Just try it!



Special circumstances:

• It depends per person: Not everyone is as sensitive, so one feels more effect then another person. Youngsters need less light then older people. Women have more problems then men because of the disturbing in the hormonsystem
• The light in wintertime is very low on the average in the northern part of the world. Especially when it is a very dark winter without snow (it lightens) but with a lot of rain. Or when you are living in Northern Europe or Scandinavia.

 Effects:

• Low energy and tired
• Heavy to concentrate
• Bad temper or depressive
• Eat and sleep too much (special interest for sweeties)
• Getting more wight

Remedies for me (to save my healthy biorhythm and energy m in wintertime):

• Go outside as much as possible, even in wintertime. Daylight is the most important ingredient.
• Be sporty, have a walk outside or take your bic to your job. 
• Spent as much time as possible in a room with good lightning, or stay close to the window.
• Buy an energy lamp to get some extra light in wintertime. Each morning some extra blue light for 20 minutes (only use it to wake up). 
• Take care of a healthy sleep and wake up rhythm. Don't use your social media late in the evening.
• Concentrate on green and fruity healthy food and drink a lot of water, avoid alcohol and coffee.
• Take extra vitamin D, B12, zinc or magnesium. 
• Look for food which contains a lot of tryptofaan like milk, pure chocolates and bananas.
• Take a holiday to the sun 😄

You can at least try some of them. It's important to find a remedie who works for you personally. Because it will be back every winter. It makes you happy to feel good anyway. Good luck!

Winter light