Research on the Advantages of Blue-Blocking Eyewear

Our company was founded on blue light blocking glasses. It's important to comprehend the science behind them to fully understand why they're so crucial in today's world of digitalization.

  • Protective effect of blue-light shield eyewear for adults against light pollution from self-luminous devices used at night (2015)

    "Our results show that, according to some sleep indices, sleep quality is significantly better in healthy adults after using the blue-light shield eyewear while using self-luminous portable devices at night."

    Source: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research

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  • Blue blocker glasses impede the capacity of bright light to surpress melatonin production (2006)

    "Blue blockers represent an elegant means to prevent the light-induced melatonin suppression."

    “Our data show that, irrespective of gender, orange lens glasses can effectively block the capacity, of a 1-hr light pulse of 1300 lx in the eye, to suppress melatonin production.”

    Source: Journal of Pineal Research

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  • Blocking nocturnal blue light for insomnia: A randomized controlled trial (2018)

    "Our underlying theory is that the reduction in blue-light exposure is the likely mechanism whereby amber lenses, compared to clear lenses, improve sleep in individuals with insomnia symptoms."

    Source: Journal of Psychiatric Research

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  • Amber lenses to block blue light and improve sleep: a randomized trial (2009)

    "The amber lens group experienced significant improvement in sleep quality relative to the control group."

    Source: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research

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  • Blue Blocker Glasses as a Countermeasure for Alerting Effects of Evening Light-Emitting Diode Screen Exposure in Male Teenagers (2014)

    “We conclude that the use of [blue light-blocking] glasses in male adolescents while sitting in front of an LED screen in the evening can attenuate melatonin suppression and alerting effects before sleep. BB glasses therefore have the potential to acutely impede the negative effects modern lighting imposes on circadian physiology in the evening."

    Source: Journal of Adolescent Health

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  • Recent studies provide an updated clinical perspective on blue light-filtering IOLs (2010)

    "Implantation of blue light-filtering IOLs which mimic the natural human lens should be considered as a safe and relatively inexpensive preventive measure to reduce the potential risk for retinal phototoxicity and its associated potential risk for AMD in pseudophakic eyes."

    Source: Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol

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  • Dark therapy for bipolar disorder using amber lenses for blue light blockade (2007)

    "Use of amber lenses to produce evening ‘‘virtual darkness’’ should produce a circadian phase advance."

    Source: Medical Hypotheses

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  • Bigger, Brighter, Bluer-Better? Current light-emitting devices – adverse sleep properties and preventative strategies (2015)

    "Both the orange-tinted glasses and the “sleep-aware” app significantly reduced short-wavelength emissions."

    Source: Frontiers in public health

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  • Wearing Blue-Blockers in the Morning Could Improve Sleep of Workers on a Permanent Night Schedule: A Pilot Study (2010)

    "Blue-blockers seem to improve daytime sleep of permanent night-shift workers."

    Source: The Journal of Biological and Medical Rhythm Research

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  • Treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder insomnia with blue wavelength light-blocking glasses (2013)

    "Subjects completing the study showed subjectively reduced anxiety and improved sleep quality on multiple measures."

    Source: ChronoPhysiology and Therapy

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Not only blue light - but also green light, affects your melatonin levels

Research have shown, that we must protect ourselves from 400-550nm light wavelengths.

  • Action Spectrum for Melatonin Regulation in Humans: Evidence for a Novel Circadian Photoreceptor

    "Polychromatic action spectra were reasonably consistent in indicating that the spectral region between 400nm and 550nm provides the strongest. stimulation of circadian and neuroendocrine responses."This means is the wavelengths of light between 400 - 550nm should be completely blocked for optimal melatonin secretion after dark."

    Source: The Journal of Neuroscience

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Negative impact of blue light on your overall health

  • The Impact of Light in Buildings on Human Health (2010)

    "Exposure to light can have both positive and negative impacts on human health."

    Source: Indoor and Built Environment

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  • Brain Responses to Violet, Blue, and Green Monochromatic Light Exposures in Humans: Prominent Role of Blue Light and the Brainstem (2007)

    "We demonstrate that a few tens of seconds of light induce immediate and significant wavelength dependent changes in brain activity."

    Source: PLOS one

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  • Artificial light at night: a neglected population health concern of the built environment (2014)

    "Artificial light at night (ALAN) is mentioned as disturbing sleep."

    Source: Health Promotion Journal of Australia

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  • Recommendations for daytime, evening, and nighttime indoor light exposure to best support physiology, sleep, and wakefulness in healthy adults (2022)

    "Ocular light exposure influences many aspects of human physiology and behaviour, including circadian rhythms, sleep, and alertness (both via circadian system–dependent and circadian system–independent routes), mood, neuroendocrine, and cognitive functions."

    Source: PLOS Biology

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  • Association between light at night, melatonin secretion, sleep deprivation, and the internal clock: Health impacts and mechanisms of circadian disruption (2017)

    "Exposure to Artificial Light At Night (ALAN) results in a disruption of the circadian system, which is deleterious to health." 

    "The IARC has classified shift work in group 2A of “probable carcinogens to humans” since “they involve a circadian disorganization.”

    Source: Life Sciences

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  • Evening light exposure to computer screens disrupts human sleep, biological rhythms, and attention abilities (2017)

    "Given the widespread use of electronic devices today, our findings suggest that screen light exposure at evening may have detrimental effects on human health and performance."

    Source: Chronobiology International

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  • Effects of Light on Cognitive Brain Responses Depend on Circadian Phase and Sleep Homeostasis (2011)

    "Shorter wavelength light exposure increases ongoing nonvisual cognitive activity in subcortical and cortical brain areas."

    Source: Journal of biological rhythms

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  • Even dim light before bedtime may disrupt a preschooler’s sleep (2022)

    "A new study of preschoolers finds that exposure to even very low intensities of light before bedtime can sharply reduce production of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin, interfering with sleep. It suggests that young children are highly susceptible to the physiological impacts of light at night and some kids are more sensitive than others."

    Source: Science Daily

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Unveiling Scientific Proof: The Peril of Permanent Eye Damage Caused by Artificial Blue Light

While incorporating a sufficient amount of natural blue light into our daily routines offers various health benefits, it's crucial to acknowledge the potential risks associated with prolonged exposure to artificial sources of blue light. Screens, devices, and artificial lighting, particularly LED and fluorescent sources, can subject us to heightened levels of unnatural blue light. Scientific studies consistently highlight the potential for permanent eye damage as a consequence of this exposure. Common symptoms include discomfort such as sore and dry eyes, eye strain, headaches, and migraines. Moreover, these effects may escalate to more severe conditions, including the development of macular degeneration.

  • Removal of the blue component of light significantly decreases retinal damage after high intensity exposure (2018)

    "Retinal photodamage caused by a conventional light source (cold) can become chronic if exposure is high and long enough. In contrast, the use of blue-blocking filters can significantly alleviate the functional loss of retinal photosensitive cells. Therefore, these filters might be an effective mechanism to protect us from ocular pathologies"

    Source: PLOS one

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  • Bystander effects elicited by single-cell photo-oxidative blue-light stimulation in retinal pigment epithelium cell networks (2017)

    "Blue LED light has been shown to induce more damage than white or green light, and induce ROS production and lipid peroxidation in RPE cells, resulting in apoptotic cell death. Finally, intense blue light can cause mitochondrial and nuclear DNA damage."

    Source: Cell Death Discovery

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  • Research progress about the effect and prevention of blue light on eyes (2018)

    "Short-wave blue light with wavelength between 415 nm and 455 nm is closely related to eye light damage. This high energy blue light passes through the cornea and lens to the retina causing diseases such as dry eye, cataract, age-related macular degeneration"

    "Harmful blue light-induced effects on human eyes should not be ignored, blue light can also produce different degree of damage to corneal, crystal lens and retina. Therefore, it is necessary to take appropriate protective measures when using blue light-related products"

    Source: International journal of ophthalmology

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  • Retinal damage induced by commercial light emitting diodes (LEDs) (2015)

    "The blue component of LED is the major cause of retinal damage"

    "LED light caused a state of suffering of the retina with oxidative damage and retinal injury. We observed a loss of photoreceptors and the activation of caspase-independent apoptosis, necroptosis, and necrosis"

    Source: Free Radical Biology and Medicine

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Media Unplugged: Decoding Blue Light

Extensively featured in esteemed media worldwide, blue light has been the subject of attention. These are not scientific studies but rather trustworthy news articles that meticulously report and synthesize the accumulating evidence and research findings.