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Dark winter months without much daylight can have a detrimental effect on your mood. Manufacturers promise that light therapy with a daylight lamp can help alleviate symptoms such as tiredness, listlessness and the so-called winter blues. But does light also help with real winter depression? Daylight lamps simulate natural light with an intensity of around 10,000 lux and are intended to compensate for the lack of light in winter. We look at what light does to our bodies and what light therapy really does. Basically, light not only regulates the internal clock, it can also reduce the production of the sleep hormone melatonin and make you feel more awake and energetic. You can see what you should pay attention to with light therapy and what side effects can occur with a daylight lamp in this video. // Chapter 0:00 Light and lux 2:31 What is winter blues? 4:24 What does light do to your body? 6:40 How well does light therapy affect your mood? 9:15 Self-experiment: Did the daylight lamps have any effect? 11:05 When does light therapy NOT help? // Our team Authors: Annika Franck, Inka Reichert Realization: Vanessa Reske Camera and editing: Carolin Grimm Graphics: Judith Bornmann Editor: Max Ostendorf // Click here for the source document https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V... // More on the topic 6 or 9 o'clock? Why we get up at the wrong time Quarks Studio Q • 6 or 9 o'clock? Why we get up at the wrong ... Article: Do we need vitamin D tablets? quarks.de https://www.quarks.de/gesundheit/erna... Here you can get help with suicidal thoughts: https://www.suizidprophylaxe.de/hilfs... _______ #quarks #winter #winterblues #winterdepression