Why You Need Your ZZZ's To Prevent Disease:

The importance of a good night’s sleep: Dr Yvette Lu joins us for a discussion on why good sleep is important, how much you should get, how you can look for sleep solutions and why it’s so important in disease prevention.

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To clarify, the "blue screens" that Jodi is talking about are SAD lights. These are light boxes that emit a special wavelength of light. They can help people with seasonal affective disorder in the winter. The optimal timing for light therapy has not been established, but we generally recommend that people use it in the morning. This makes them less likely to interfere with sleep.