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	<title>Comments on: A Happy Monday?!</title>
	<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/03/10/a-happy-monday/</link>
	<description>Quirky, funny, and surprising science news from the edge of the known universe.</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:03:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Lindsey</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/03/10/a-happy-monday/#comment-3730</link>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 21:10:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I'm with you, Lizzy. I'm also a So Cal --&#62; Beast coast transplant, and daylight savings has totally changed my level of happiness, throughout the day! nice to finally know why!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m with you, Lizzy. I&#8217;m also a So Cal &#8211;&gt; Beast coast transplant, and daylight savings has totally changed my level of happiness, throughout the day! nice to finally know why!</p>
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		<title>By: Lizzie Buchen</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/03/10/a-happy-monday/#comment-3729</link>
		<dc:creator>Lizzie Buchen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 04:01:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi killrtrish. Thanks for your comment. It's still unclear what's going on with SAD. We do know that they continue to produce melatonin during the morning, but no one really knows why. An hour of light therapy--usually in the morning--is very effective for people with this disease.

As for boosting your own happiness with a light visor, it probably wouldn't be very effective. For one thing, too much light is not good--we require periods of light and dark to set our internal clock, and disrupting this pattern would likely have negative effects. But if you live in a place where sunlight is inadequate, and you notice that you feel a little sluggish or down on cloudy days, it's *possible* that more broad-spectrum light exposure would help.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi killrtrish. Thanks for your comment. It&#8217;s still unclear what&#8217;s going on with SAD. We do know that they continue to produce melatonin during the morning, but no one really knows why. An hour of light therapy&#8211;usually in the morning&#8211;is very effective for people with this disease.</p>
<p>As for boosting your own happiness with a light visor, it probably wouldn&#8217;t be very effective. For one thing, too much light is not good&#8211;we require periods of light and dark to set our internal clock, and disrupting this pattern would likely have negative effects. But if you live in a place where sunlight is inadequate, and you notice that you feel a little sluggish or down on cloudy days, it&#8217;s *possible* that more broad-spectrum light exposure would help.</p>
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		<title>By: killrtrish</title>
		<link>http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2008/03/10/a-happy-monday/#comment-3728</link>
		<dc:creator>killrtrish</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hm interesting. So what's wrong with people who have S.A.D.? And if I don't have S.A.D. will a sunlight-visor still make me happier?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hm interesting. So what&#8217;s wrong with people who have S.A.D.? And if I don&#8217;t have S.A.D. will a sunlight-visor still make me happier?</p>
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