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Using Science to Optimize Sleep, Learning & Metabolism

Huberman Lab

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Do You Really Need Red Lights?

There's a roll for red light potentially, early in the day and for midocondural repair in the photo receptors. There's also a roll for dim red light later in the Day and at night. It brings us back to the blue light issue, which, as so many people are obsessed with avoiding blue light. But you actually want a ton of blue light early in theDay and throughout the day. And at night, it doesn't matter if you have blue blockers on. If the lights are bright enough, then you're still going to be activating these cells and mechanisms.

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