Lynne Peeples

And there's also tools now with our iPhones and our computer screens to kind of suck out some of that blue light so that it doesn't have quite the same effect on our circadian rhythms as well as to dim it. So I think there are tools to use. I think in general, there's probably a good rule of thumb to try to tone down our use of screens at night. But There's a balance to be had as well.

I think it's not necessarily that we need to completely cut them out. But within a few hours of bed, trying to trim down how much of those photons, particularly blue ones, that are making their way into our eyes.

I think it's not necessarily that we need to completely cut them out. But within a few hours of bed, trying to trim down how much of those photons, particularly blue ones, that are making their way into our eyes.

I think it's not necessarily that we need to completely cut them out. But within a few hours of bed, trying to trim down how much of those photons, particularly blue ones, that are making their way into our eyes.

Yes. Asking for a friend. Or walking to the bathroom and flipping on the lights. That's another huge one because our body is not anticipating that light at night. So it has a super powerful effect on us. on our circadian rhythms and our alertness. So it makes it a lot harder to go back to sleep. So I have now, I put a nightlight in my bathroom that is dimmable and very warm colored.

Yes. Asking for a friend. Or walking to the bathroom and flipping on the lights. That's another huge one because our body is not anticipating that light at night. So it has a super powerful effect on us. on our circadian rhythms and our alertness. So it makes it a lot harder to go back to sleep. So I have now, I put a nightlight in my bathroom that is dimmable and very warm colored.

Yes. Asking for a friend. Or walking to the bathroom and flipping on the lights. That's another huge one because our body is not anticipating that light at night. So it has a super powerful effect on us. on our circadian rhythms and our alertness. So it makes it a lot harder to go back to sleep. So I have now, I put a nightlight in my bathroom that is dimmable and very warm colored.

So I will not be flipping on that light at night anymore.

So I will not be flipping on that light at night anymore.

So I will not be flipping on that light at night anymore.

Yeah. On my way actually to Denali for this trip, I stopped in Fairbanks to meet with a sleep doctor there. I mean, he was telling me stories about his patients and how he'd have an increase in patients during certain times of year, particularly during these transition times. Because as the days rapidly shorten or rapidly lengthen,

Yeah. On my way actually to Denali for this trip, I stopped in Fairbanks to meet with a sleep doctor there. I mean, he was telling me stories about his patients and how he'd have an increase in patients during certain times of year, particularly during these transition times. Because as the days rapidly shorten or rapidly lengthen,

Yeah. On my way actually to Denali for this trip, I stopped in Fairbanks to meet with a sleep doctor there. I mean, he was telling me stories about his patients and how he'd have an increase in patients during certain times of year, particularly during these transition times. Because as the days rapidly shorten or rapidly lengthen,

He was finding a lot of patients coming in with physical and mental issues and lots of struggles with sleep, obviously. And he thinks that it's really confusing our clocks. As those days shorten a lot more rapidly than, say, where we evolved at the equator, where we had 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark, that just throws the body off.

He was finding a lot of patients coming in with physical and mental issues and lots of struggles with sleep, obviously. And he thinks that it's really confusing our clocks. As those days shorten a lot more rapidly than, say, where we evolved at the equator, where we had 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark, that just throws the body off.

He was finding a lot of patients coming in with physical and mental issues and lots of struggles with sleep, obviously. And he thinks that it's really confusing our clocks. As those days shorten a lot more rapidly than, say, where we evolved at the equator, where we had 12 hours of light and 12 hours of dark, that just throws the body off.

And there's been research that shows that in some of these high northern latitudes, There are certain populations of people who maybe migrated there at earlier points in history. And so their genetics may have evolved a bit more to compensate and to adapt to that changing light environment. And they might be less prone to things like SADD. During the winter, for example.

And there's been research that shows that in some of these high northern latitudes, There are certain populations of people who maybe migrated there at earlier points in history. And so their genetics may have evolved a bit more to compensate and to adapt to that changing light environment. And they might be less prone to things like SADD. During the winter, for example.

And there's been research that shows that in some of these high northern latitudes, There are certain populations of people who maybe migrated there at earlier points in history. And so their genetics may have evolved a bit more to compensate and to adapt to that changing light environment. And they might be less prone to things like SADD. During the winter, for example.

But in Alaska, we have, you know, we have this diverse population and he's, you know, he's finding that definitely overall, we've got increased rates of these things. Also, you know, schools there, the kids supremely affected by those short days in the winter where they're going to school in the dark and leaving in the dark.