{"id":60360,"date":"2025-06-17T11:18:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60360"},"modified":"2025-06-17T11:18:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:18:43","slug":"the-darker-the-better-why-sleeping-in-total-darkness-is-a-big-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60360","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The darker, the better&#8221;: why sleeping in total darkness is a big deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-60361\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Man_Sleeping.png\" alt=\"Man Sleeping\" width=\"1080\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Man_Sleeping.png 1080w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Man_Sleeping-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Man_Sleeping-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Man_Sleeping-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While sleeping in darkness may seem obvious,<strong>\u00a0research shows that even small amounts of light, like the glow from your phone screen or a nightlight, can disrupt the body\u2019s internal clock, suppress melatonin, and interfere with deep sleep<\/strong>. Over time, this may increase the risk of developing chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/home-family-pets\/the-darker-the-better-why-sleeping-in-total-darkness-is-a-big-deal\/\">https:\/\/nexusnewsfeed.com\/article\/home-family-pets\/the-darker-the-better-why-sleeping-in-total-darkness-is-a-big-deal\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While sleeping in darkness may seem obvious,\u00a0research shows that even small amounts of light, like the glow from your phone screen or a nightlight, can disrupt the body\u2019s internal clock, suppress melatonin, and interfere with deep sleep. Over time, this may increase the risk of developing chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, depression, and cardiovascular disease. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=60360\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;The darker, the better&#8221;: why sleeping in total darkness is a big deal&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60362,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60360\/revisions\/60362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}