The Science Behind
Light and Your Health

When talking about our health and wellness we center our focus around things like nutrition, exercise, meditation, mindfulness etc. But there’s one large component we’ve been ignoring, or at least taking for granted.

And that’s sunlight.

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Sunlight Deprivation
is a Modern Health Crisis 

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Experience circadian disruption
people
90
%
Our life indoors
time
93
%

For centuries, our days and nights followed the sun cycle closely, enabling our bodies — our circadian rhythm — to reset itself each day. Unfortunately, we now spend over 93% of our life indoors, 90% of us experience circadian disruption, and long story short — artificial light is compromising our health.

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But just how much does this compromise our health? Well, the short answer is it pretty much affects every aspect of it. Let’s start by talking about how light is absorbed – through the eyes.

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Light We See in the Daytime Unleashes Your Potential

Harness the power of daylight


From fine-tuning focus to elevating mood, light aligns our body’s rhythm for peak performance. Whether it's sharper cognition or optimal metabolism, every ray of light readies us to conquer the day’s challenges.

Learning

Daylight directly enhances learning capacities via the perihabenular nucleus (PHb) connection.

Mood

Daylight signals the brain's mood centers, leading to the release of serotonin, and other "feel-good" neurotransmitters. Daylight directly enhances learning capacities via the perihabenular nucleus (PHb).

Feeding

Light helps regulate hunger through hormones like leptin and ghrelin, aligning our meal times with our body's readiness.

Alertness & Sleep

The “master clock” or SCN springs to life with morning light, coordinating our biological systems.

Visual Comfort

The OPN, IGN, and IGL work in tandem, optimizing visual processing for comfort and adaptability.

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Nighttime Optimizes
Your Recovery

Night's embrace isn't just about sleep

As melatonin gets released after being built up in the day, our bodies dive deep into repair mode — from immune boosts to muscle growth. Embrace the darkness, and rise rejuvenated, set for success.

Alertness & Sleep

The daytime alertness-promoting VLPO now advocates for sleep, guaranteeing a peaceful rest.

Melatonin

As night falls, melatonin ushers in sleep, fortifies our immunity, spurs growth, relaxation, and lets our metabolism rejuvenate for dawn.

Master Clock

As dusk falls, our SCN gracefully moves our body into its rest phase.

Science, man looking outside

Light We See in the Daytime Unleashes Your Potential

Harness the power of daylight


From fine-tuning focus to elevating mood, light aligns our body’s rhythm for peak performance. Whether it's sharper cognition or optimal metabolism, every ray of light readies us to conquer the day’s challenges.

Learning

Daylight directly enhances learning capacities via the perihabenular nucleus (PHb) connection.

Mood

Daylight signals the brain's mood centers, leading to the release of serotonin, and other "feel-good" neurotransmitters. Daylight directly enhances learning capacities via the perihabenular nucleus (PHb).

Feeding

Light helps regulate hunger through hormones like leptin and ghrelin, aligning our meal times with our body's readiness.

Alertness & Sleep

The “master clock” or SCN springs to life with morning light, coordinating our biological systems.

Visual Comfort

The OPN, IGN, and IGL work in tandem, optimizing visual processing for comfort and adaptability.

Science, brain dark

Nighttime Optimizes
Your Recovery

Night's embrace isn't just about sleep

As melatonin gets released after being built up in the day, our bodies dive deep into repair mode — from immune boosts to muscle growth. Embrace the darkness, and rise rejuvenated, set for success.

Alertness & Sleep

The daytime alertness-promoting VLPO now advocates for sleep, guaranteeing a peaceful rest.

Melatonin

As night falls, melatonin ushers in sleep, fortifies our immunity, spurs growth, relaxation, and lets our metabolism rejuvenate for dawn.

Master Clock

As dusk falls, our SCN gracefully moves our body into its rest phase.

Brighter days, darker nights are what we need to be healthy.

Sunlight is our life source, so why replace it with something artificial? SKYVIEW Human Light recreates a sunlight experience to promote general well-being indoors.
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Artificial Light Disrupts Your Body’s “Master Clock”. And Your “Master Clock” Does More Than Keep Time. It Influences Almost Every Aspect of Health.

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Sunlight supports general well-being by transmitting information to the master clock in our brains via a special photopigment in the eye - melanopsin. Artificial lights don't capture the qualities of sunlight needed to support a natural sleep-wake cycle.


Research shows that experiencing a natural sunlight experience, with enough sky blue light in the day and none at night - promotes better sleep, reduced fatigue, and increased focus and productivity.


Learn About the Research Behind SKYVIEW
Results of Harvard-Affiliated Interventional Clinical Trial

01
Elevates Performance, Mood, and Sleep
The “master clock” fine-tunes your melatonin, serotonin, and cortisol - all key players in shaping your mood, sleep, and daily performance.
02
Enhances Organ Function and Resilience
Each organ function has its own “peripheral clock”, aligning organ functions harmoniously for better daily living.
03
Optimizes Your Body's Genetic Potential
Nearly every cell in our body comes equipped with its own genetic clock that relies on our circadian rhythms 43% of the time, optimizing your body at the cellular level.