Why You Should Use Light Blocking In Winter

Written by: Pippa Thackeray
Written on: November 18, 2024

Think light blocking glasses are just for the bright, heady days of spring and summer? Think again. Healf investigates the circadian rhythm-boosting wonders that blue light blocking eyewear can do for your health amidst the darkness of the winter months.

RA Optics has it installed for you: Restful sleep, sharper focus, and a calmer mind, all achieved so simply — by changing the way you interact with light.

Why your winter deserves RA Optics

Winter, by the looks of it, is here in full force. The darker days and the cold weather are setting in. It may seem counterintuitive — don’t we want to be getting as much light as possible?

But we should never be left at the mercy of artificial light. If you think about it, there are many hours spent under harsh LEDs and glowing screens, perhaps even more so in the season of winter. But each exposure comes with its only challenge, lights on public transport, in offices, being emitted from billboard displays — how do we avoid those? Your body, as a result, struggles to make sense of this unnatural light, and a quiet imbalance takes hold.

Enter RA Optics as an efficient option to push back the problems that come with such winter-induced optical havoc.

The blue light problem society pushes aside

Winter is tough enough, let alone without sleep struggles and the sluggish mornings. Now, as our exposure to natural light dwindles, we compensate with artificial lighting. And this is now the new normal in modern life. But we face it with the same brain structure as our ancestors.

And what we don’t realise is that this artificial light is filled with blue wavelengths, you can think of this blue light as a silent thief that suppresses melatonin, messes with our internal clock, and makes it harder to unwind.

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This is where RA Optics steps in. A defence system against the constant assault of blue light. You can pop them on as the sun dips below the horizon, and then they will filter out those disruptive artificial light wavelengths. This helps your body remember how to prepare for rest in a way that comes most naturally.

What’s more, the innovative technology of the eyewear by RA Optics doesn’t just block blue light out entirely, it actually filters it selectively. This is to ensure you maintain optimal visual clarity and also comfort, even under the harshest of artificial lighting.

This selective filtration is achieved through the infusion of proprietary pigments into the lenses, which are designed to absorb specific wavelengths of blue light that are known to be harmful, all while allowing beneficial light to pass through.

The benefits of blue light blocking glasses in winter:

• Better sleep, naturally: No more tossing and turning — this is because, by blocking the right kind of light, RA Optics lets your body produce melatonin as it’s meant to, and brings calm evenings and deep sleep back into the picture (regardless of the season).

• Clearer mind, happier mood: If you’re a winter-blues-sufferer, blue light blocking tech can help you here too. Less artificial light interference means more focus, more clarity, and a mood that doesn’t spiral downwards with the season.

• Comfort for tired eyes: Yes, screens are here to stay, we can’t avoid them really (unless you go to live in the woods). But the headaches and eye strain that often come with screen usage, don't have to be a problem for you if you embrace the right light blocking technology.

• The darkness: While winter’s long nights make artificial light nearly inescapable, blue light glasses like RA can tackle the problem at its source, making blue light avoidance so much simpler, and you staying sharper and sleeping better.

Life is happening now. If you hate the way winter makes you feel, the bad news is you can’t fast-forward to spring, but you can take control of blue light.

Pippa Thackeray
Pippa is a content writer and qualified Nutritional Therapist (DipNT) creating research-based content with a passion for many areas of wellbeing, including hormonal health, mental health and digestive health.
As a contributor to The Healf Source, she regularly attends seminars and programmes on a plethora of contemporary health issues and modern research insights with a drive to never stop learning. In addition, interviewing experts and specialists across The Four Pillars: EAT, MOVE, MIND, SLEEP.