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"Light hitting the retina suppresses the production of melatonin — and there lies the rub. In this modern world, our eyes are flooded with light well after dusk, contrary to our evolutionary programming. Scientists are just beginning to understand the potential health consequences. The disruption of circadian cycles may not just be shortchanging our sleep, they have found, but also contributing to a host of diseases. “Light works as if it’s a drug, except it’s not a drug at all,” said George Brainard, a neurologist at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia and one of the first researchers to study light’s effects on the body’s hormones and circadian rhythms."
In Eyes, a Clock Calibrated by Wavelengths of Light - NYTimes.com
Light is a drug.
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emilyqualey said:
The City Dark (doc) brings this up… wild, WILD stuff.
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What most “insomniacs” don’t seem to understand today.
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