About Blue-Light

• UV Filtered & Safe - UV Diffusing Filter: 99.3% UV filter
• Glare-Free
• Lens Material: High-impact polycarbonate
• Light Tubes: 3x36 watt compact fluorescent, 3000 Kelvin color temperature – easy on the eyes
• Natural Spectrum® Daylight with exclusive Trucolite Phosphoe Technology™ delivers 10,000 lux of energizing light from dual 36 W High Output tubes
• Flicker Free Illumination - Verilux® premium electronic ballasts provide instant-on, steady, daylight illumination without the eye-straining flicker of other fluorescent lamps.

BLUE LIGHT IS TWICE AS EFFECTIVE IN TREATING SAD - With standard 10,000 lux, a person has to sit within 2 feet of the light for a period of 30 minutes to 2 hours to receive any benefit. With the new Blue-Lux technology just 15 minutes of light therapy provides the same results. Blue-Lux lighting should only be used in the mornings as use of the Blue-Lux bulb in the afternoon or evenings can disrupt sleep patterns.

LITE-PAD PLUS uses very bright lights (approx 5,000 lux, 8,000 lux or 10,000 lux) to simulate natural sunlight, while eliminating the dangerous UV rays contained in sunlight.

Lux is the measurement for the brightness of the light. For example: a sunny summer day has about 50,000 lux, the regular light inside a building only 500 lux.

What scientists have recently discovered is that specific wavelengths of blue light, that are always within sunlight, promote a positive response in light deficient patients. As a result you only need a light box that produces the specific wavelengths of light to give a therapeutic light therapy.

Blue Light Research
* Lower intensity of light required for treatments as you are only being subjected to a small bandwidth of light rather the full spectrum of colours
* Quicker treatments times, despite being smaller products
* No reported side-effects
* LED technology allows for adjustable light output (most white light products are not dimmable)
* Considerably Smaller products – conventional product sizes are dictated by the bulb sizes
* Lighter products – weight of products are also dictated by the size of bulb and subsequent size of case

Blue v White Light - The science behind the facts

Melanopsin photoreceptors must be stimulated by some blue light In order for our brains to respond to light therapy. It turns out that very bright white light works because it contains some of the necessary blue light. However, scientists have discovered that blue alone is more effective than white light. When compared to both white 10,000 lux and white LED’s, blue light was twice as effective. Additionally, by using only 8 lux of blue light, researchers were able to demonstrate the same response compared to 12,000 lux of white light. Eliminating these unnecessary wavelengths increases effectiveness and also significantly reduces overall intensity.

HOW IS IT BEST TREATED?

Previous treatments for depression and especially Seasonal Affective Disorder involved the use of prescribed medication. In recent years, however, research across the world has shown that SAD sufferers responded, often quite dramatically, to treatment with light.

LIGHT THERAPY IS CONSIDERED THE MOST EFFECTIVE TREATMENT.

Lack of light causes an increase in the production of Melatonin (the hormone that makes us sleepy at night), and a reduction of Serotonin, the lack of which causes depression. The exposure to bright light therapy reverses the process, with the additional benefit of being drug free.

By providing summertime levels of light during the winter you can successfully alleviate the symptoms of SAD with the result that former sufferers can lead a normal, happier life and beat the Winter Blues. In fact almost everyone can benefit from increased energy levels when using a SAD Light.

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