Now doing business as LowBlueLights.com, the firm is a spin-off of Photonic Developments LLC, and its parent, the Lighting Innovations Institute, which is housed at John Carroll University, in Cleveland, Ohio. The firm has special glasses and lights that can improve both sleep and health. The body produces the important hormone melatonin, the so-called sleep hormone. Increasing thebodyâs melatonin production can improve sleep. Melatonin is produced by the pineal gland, normally only when you are in darkness. Using artificial light in the evening before going to bed shuts down melatonin production. Only the blue component of light shuts down melatonin production. The firm have glasses and lights with filters that eliminate only the blue component of light. Using them for one to three hours before retiring allows melatonin to be produced naturally. While using them, the remaining colors of light allow the wearer to read, watch television, etc. Naturally produced melatonin can improve sleep. Increasing naturally produced melatonin can improve your health. There is increasing evidence that suppression of melatonin by exposure to artificial light at night may increase the risk of certain cancers, including breast and prostate cancer. Melatonin is a very active antioxidant and fights cancer in at least three way
