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Light therapy consists of exposing a strong light (of 10 000 lux) for about half an hour.

This treatement is done with the help of special light therapy lamps.

In autumn or winter a large number of people feel tired, have no energy, their morale is low and they eat more than usual.  For certain people, this state could send them into depression.

These symptoms are due to our metabolisms difficult adaptation to the autumn winter season, with shorter darker and depressive days.

At its peak this phenomenon is called SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder).  It can also show itself in a lighter form called “Winter Blues”.

These phenomenons are between the months of September and March.

Almost 20% of the population suffers from winter blues.  5% of the population becomes victims of deep depression: Loss of sense of humour, a desire to be alone, weight gain and a loss of interest for usual activities.

Light therapy is a simple, effective and medically recognised way to beat these symptoms.

Find all the information you need on light therapy at Solvital. 

Light therapy has been used for a number of years to get round the loss of light in winter.1 man out of 10 and 1 woman out of 5 suffer from winter blues and in certain cases seasonal depression called SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder.

We are coming up to the shortest days of the year, a period where there are the most cases of seasonal depression, winter blues, which is tiredness in the morning, lack of dynamism, becoming irritable, gloomy humour, sleeping trouble, a lack of libido.  These symptoms are due to a loss of sleep, which can easily be beaten thanks to the use of light therapy lamps.  All you have to do is be exposed infront of a lamp that reproduces natural sun light (about 2500 and 10000 lux), preferably in the morning, for about half an hour.  You will find all your energy as if you were in August.

To find out more on light therapy, its medical basics and to find a light therapy lamp or light therapy glasses LUMINETTE which have been agreed by the EU medical board go to :

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Think of them for birthdays or anniversary and offer your friends a bit of well being.

Although English people are only just starting to discover light therapy lamps, there is a new product on the market : the light therapy glasses called LUMINETTE.

This products’ clarification was done by researchers of Liège University and its’ industriel partners who wanted to creat an original model giving maximum theraputic effectiveness bringing the source of light to the eye without any complications.

The advantage of this high-tech product is that you can wear it while going about your business and still benefit from the light therapy at work or while doing your daily activities without any discomfort you can even wear the luminette with perscription glasses.

A reminder for those who do not know about light therapy yet.  It is just as the name suggests therapy from lights.  Light therapy started in the United States thanks to a famous professor Rosenthal who first discovered the link between winter depression also called seasonal depression and the lack of light.

The treatment consists of a daily exposure to a light therapy medical lamp due to a loss of sunlight in winter.  It helps to beat seasonal depression, tiredness, gloomy humour and to find energy and vitality in the middle of winter.

The use of these lamps is also recommended to night workers to people who do alot of travelling, to compensate for the effects of jet lag.  In these 2 cases, the straightforwardness and the easiness of the use of the luminette can be particularly appreciated.

Doing sport regularly and having a good diet is essential for our well being. Research by Leppämaki S, Partonen T, Lönnqvist J have shown that associating light therapy and sport improve the results sensibly.

In principle : Physical exercise lessens the depressive symptoms, aswell as being exposed to light (paricularly in the winter seasons).

The object of the test : to compair the effect of just exercise or to combine it with light therapy and to verify the effects on our humour and the quality of life.  The test lasts 8 weeks and the results of the questionnaire on humour and quality of life are relative to our health and are linked.

Results : Physical exercise were effective to diminue the depressive symptoms if the person was exposed to light therapy.

So, if you exercise at home install a light therapy lamp infront of your apparatus, the result can only be better.

Professional athletes have understood the interest :

Certain football clubs have been equiped in the changing rooms with light therapy lamps (Baseball football team from Switzerland).

The british rowing team, gold medalists in the Olympic games in Athens in August 2004, were equiped with dawn simulators (also known as sunrise alarm clocks or even light alarms) : 4 members of the team used the dawn simulator to awake them during the games.

One of the members ED Cooke said, “when the final starting getting closer we had to get up earlier and earlier, because it is not light in Athens till 6h30 in the morning, it was great to wake up with sunlight at 4h45 in the morning.  The simulators woke us up full of energy for the final”.

In conclusion Ed Cooke is without ambiguity :

“The simulators have certainly made a difference.  It was alot more useful than we thought it would be!”.

You will find any additional information needed on the dawn simulator or on light therapy at Solvital light therapy.