Feb 8 2004
The latest development in O•ZONELite™ TiO2- (titanium dioxide) coated technology are the new O•ZONELite Full-Spectrum bulbs. The bulbs are energy efficient, cutting-edge technology available in 23 and 42-watts. They have been developed to treat Seasonal Affective Disorder (S.A.D.)., with a 5500° Kelvin temperature and a colour rendering index (CRI) of 90, making this full-spectrum, TiO2- (titanium dioxide) coated light bulb the closest replication to natural sunlight on the market today.
Seasonal Affective Disorder is categorized as a form of depression and may be related to changes in the amount of daylight one experiences. The most common type of S.A.D. is called ‘winter depression’, usually beginning in late autumn or early winter and diminishing by summer. Various symptoms include a change in appetite, especially a craving for sweets or starchy foods, weight gain, drop in energy level, fatigue, a tendency to oversleep and irritability, to name just a few. A less common type of S.A.D. known as ‘summer depression’ begins in the late spring or early summer.
Until now, conventional light box therapy units have been cumbersome devices that are considerably more expensive than the O•ZONELite Full-Spectrum and which require you look directly at the light box for 20–30 minute periods of time. The O•ZONELite Full-Spectrum has made light therapy and mood elevation as easy as turning on the light and going about your life. O•ZONELite Full-Spectrum accomplishes this by creating a light source that, at further distances than your standard light box, will produce the critical LUX value of 10,000. By way of example, the 42-watt O•ZONELite Full-Spectrum at the traditionally recommended one-foot [approx.] viewing distance produces about 60,000 LUX, which is far too intense and not recommended, but perfect for use in ceiling fixtures or with our convenient plug-in wall adapters. With a light output equivalent to that of a standard 100-watt light bulb, the 23-watt O•ZONELite Full-Spectrum has a LUX value of 10,000 at a distance of 16 inches making it perfect for use in table lamps, desk lamps and floor reading lamps.
Source: O•ZONELite