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> Still, don't sleep with the TV on, and don't see bright (room) light within a couple hours before bed, because that will actually suppress total melatonin by a significant percentage.

How do you avoid seeing bright light in the last few hours before bed?

Thank you for making f.lux, by the way. It's very cool, and I hope it gets more thorough biomed testing soon.




Turn off the TV, get something like F.lux on your mobile/tablet or don't use it and if you need light get something with low-blue output.

I searched for a long time to find a room light that avoided blue light and you have options with dimmer stands and certain bulbs. I ended up with some absurd-looking salt lamp that casts a soft orange light and has a dimmer (and allegedly releases magical ions that purify or clean the air -- not buying this last one).


Most products that claim to produce ions are actually making ozone, which is very harmful to your health: http://www.epa.gov/iaq/pubs/ozonegen.html


Ah right, so just replacing room lights. Thanks.


The whole point of f.lux is avoiding bright light near bedtime.


Yeah, I know that. Specifically bright blue lights. I wondered what people did to avoid blue light in the few hours before they went to bed. Turns out dim, orange lamps are one answer.




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