Herbie
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I’m aware of all the study’s showing the negative health outcomes for people who work night shifts plus that Ray said the we sleep to protect ourselves from the stress of darkness.
What I’ve been thinking about is that is in many circumstances, many people who work in offices or buildings, retail on day shift where they are blasted with blue light all day and go home to darkness and more blue light are no different than someone working night shift and sleeping in the day.
If the night shift person went outside in the afternoon and caught the sun at its most oblique angles for the red light as it set, they would receive better light spectrum than the day shift person. At least they have the opportunity.
I used to drive a taxi and never worked nights due avoiding of the clientele at night but I would start at 3:30am and work until 6-8pm at night, (thanks government and Uber) even if I went to sleep at 7:30pm I would still feel horrible.
What I’ve been thinking about is that is in many circumstances, many people who work in offices or buildings, retail on day shift where they are blasted with blue light all day and go home to darkness and more blue light are no different than someone working night shift and sleeping in the day.
If the night shift person went outside in the afternoon and caught the sun at its most oblique angles for the red light as it set, they would receive better light spectrum than the day shift person. At least they have the opportunity.
I used to drive a taxi and never worked nights due avoiding of the clientele at night but I would start at 3:30am and work until 6-8pm at night, (thanks government and Uber) even if I went to sleep at 7:30pm I would still feel horrible.
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