You should close the blinds when you sleep. Here's why
Light is not your friend during the night. We'd be wise to shut it out.
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Light is not your friend during the night. We'd be wise to shut it out.
Researchers have found sleeping in a moderately lit room can potentially harm a person’s cardiometabolic health. The study saw one night of sleep in a room with moderate light increased nighttime heart rates and spiked insulin resistance in the morning.
A small study finds that even a small amount of nighttime light during sleep can compromise heart health and increase insulin resistance.
Turning off all lights and drawing the curtains before hitting the bed may help protect your health, according to a recent study out of Northwestern University
Before going to bed, close the blinds, draw the curtains, and turn out all the lights. Even modest ambient brightness during nighttime sleep, as compared to sleeping in a poorly lit room, affects cardiovascular performance and raises insulin resistance the next morning, according to new Northwestern Medicine research