Sleeping in total darkness

cantumelia

Take a look at these papers:

Light at night increases body mass by shifting the time of food intake
pnas.org/content/107/43/18664.abstract
The Relationship Between Obesity and Exposure to Light at Night: Cross-Sectional Analyses of Over 100,000 Women in the Breakthrough Generations Study
http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/content/180/3/245.abstract

Unfortunately for me, I live in a very hot place where it´s impossible to sleep with the windows closed 8-9 months of the year and the streets lights are very intense. Could an eye mask help this?.

RodaRose

Yes. Probably. Also turn off blue screens (computers, tv) by 9:00 pm if you can.
I believe that orange light (blocks blue light) will work-- like brown or orange or rose colored glasses.
The book explains some of it:
Lights Out: Sleep, Sugar, and Survival
http://www.amazon.com/Lights-Out-Sleep-Sugar-Survival-ebook/dp/B000FC0R5G/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1416742531&sr=1-4&keywords=lights+out
The reviewers on Amazon complain about the "writing" but the facts of the book are solid.

cantumelia

Thanks for the link. I will take a look at that book. Seems interesting.