Dr Bob 42

Thousands of people sleep with the light off while others have to keep it on during the night.

However you sleep along with your super king duvet something is definite; your bedroom electrical lighting may very well be affecting your sleep quality and most importantly, your well-being.

These results could have a severe implication on your health, especially if you are a night-shift worker who is exposed to indoor light during the night over the course of years.

US research claims that indoor lighting can hurt your blood pressure levels and blood sugar levels.

Joshua Gooley, of Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, who executed the study, says lights inside the home may supress meltonin- a physiology-regulating hormone made during the night in the brain’s pineal gland.

The report, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, revealed that contact with room light vs. dim light in the few hours before going to bed shortened melatonin duration by about 1 hour 30 minutes.

And if you kept the room light on during those sleep hours, the hormone was blocked by more than fifty percent.

Chronic light suppression of melatonin may be theorised to raise relative risk for some types of cancer and melatonin receptor genes happen to be related to type 2 diabetes.

Something is definite; a great way to get a good night sleep is snuggle up in warm cosy duvets and quality pillows.