This lets your body release more melatonin, making you sleep better. Red-shifts your computer’s screen colors after the sun sets in your location.F.lux is a totally free piece of software (available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and jailbroken iPhones and iPads) that does two things, and it does them very well: Charles Czeisler of the Harvard Medical School, looking at bright screens late at night “suppresses release of the sleep-promoting hormone melatonin, enhances alertness and shifts circadian rhythms to a later hour - making it more difficult to fall asleep”. Using your computer, smartphone, or tablet late at night messes with your sleep. Download it.Įstimated reading time: 1 minute, 15 seconds. Takeaway: F.lux is a dead-simple app that will help you sleep better.
