Last night you told yourself that you would wake up at 9 AM the next day - but you didn't ask yourself "How to fall asleep quickly?".
Through an extraordinary twist of fate and your deep desire, you indeed wake up at 9 a.m. the next day. At first, you think it's a stroke of luck, but when it happens once, twice, three times, you start to ask yourself questions.
In your brain, there is a part of your nervous system called the hypothalamus, and another called the suprachiasmatic nucleus. The suprachiasmatic nucleus controls the circadian rhythm, which is your body's biological rhythm. Like any human being, this rhythm is built around a 24-hour window.
The suprachiasmatic nucleus is connected to your optic nerve. Thanks to the photoreceptors in your retina that perceive light, the optic nerve informs the pineal gland, the gland that secretes melatonin, whether it is day or night.
If it is nighttime, the pineal gland produces a lot of melatonin. It is the sleep hormone that makes you want to sleep.
If it is daytime, the pineal gland stops producing melatonin so you don't collapse from sleepiness at work.
Unfortunately, your biological clock can be fooled! Nothing is worse than LED lights for tricking your biological clock. If you spend time in front of the screen less than 30 minutes before going to bed, your suprachiasmatic nucleus (your suprachiasmatic nucleus that no longer knows where to turn) thinks it is still daytime and tells the pineal gland to stop producing melatonin.
Scary, isn't it? Even though the best thing to do is simply to stop hypnotizing yourself in front of your iPad or smartphone, there is still an alternative for the biggest screen addicts.
F.lux is a small application that automatically changes the tint of your screen according to the brightness of your environment. By detecting your location via satellite and combining this information with the time of day, F.lux determines the amount of light in your immediate environment and adjusts your screen color to minimize confusion of your pineal gland.
But, wait a second... Doesn't Dodow also use blue light? The same LED light that keeps you awake? Don't worry! The light Dodow reflects on your ceiling has only one lux of intensity - much weaker than a computer screen for example, which can range from 160 to 640 lux. Let's also not forget that the exposure time to Dodow's light remains very short (from 8 to 20 minutes). Dodow will in no way interfere with your melatonin production!
So don't hesitate! Dodow will help you fall asleep quickly. :)
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