Do You Suffer From "Malillumination"?

Science is finally accepting what photobiologist and full-spectrum light pioneer, John Ott, began discovering more than 70 years ago, that insufficient sunlight does have an effect on our behavior and moods.

Just as an improper diet of foods may cause malnutrition, an improper "light diet" may cause "malillumination", according to Ott, who coined the term. Ott has been studying the effects of natural and artificial light on plants, animals, and humans since 1929. His experiments convinced him that full-spectrum lighting is so essential that he considers light to be part of the body's nutritional needs.

His assertion of the importance of light on health is based on a number of studies including one in Sarosota, Florida (1973), in which he replaced the normal cool-white fluorescent light bulbs in an elementary school classroom with full-spectrum lighting. Concealed time-lapse cameras took random sequences of students and teachers in four first grade classrooms.

Under the cool-white fluorescent lighting some students demonstrated hyperactivity, fatigue, irritability, and attentional deficits. In the classrooms with full-spectrum lighting, behavior and classroom performance, as well as overall academic achievement, improved markedly within one month after the new lights were installed. Several learning-disabled children with extreme hyperactivity problems miraculously calmed down and seem to overcome some of their learning and reading problems while in the classrooms with the full-spectrum lighting.

Whether at home or the workplace, we spend the majority of our time indoors, especially during the winter months. Full-spectrum lighting is one of the many simple, natural solutions available to make our lives...indoors, more tolerable. Getting through the winter months can be a whole lot easier.

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