Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCPPresident at Five Journeys, Functional Medicine & Wellness Provider, Best Selling Author, Passionate Champion for Health

Why It's Important to Sleep in a Dark Room

23 Apr 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube conversation led by Wendie Trubow, MD, MBA, IFMCP discussing practical sleep-improvement steps. The clip emphasizes making the bedroom as dark as possible because light suppresses melatonin, which can hinder falling asleep and disrupt restorative processes during sleep. The speaker recommends darkness sufficient that one "can't see a hand in front of you" at night.

Can you talk about what are concrete steps people can take to sleep better?
A very concrete step is everything is dark inside, because that is really important, that your bedroom is as dark as possible because any light will disturb the melatonin. That can help you both fall asleep, but also regulates, you know, a lot of processes while you are asleep. So get your room as dark as possible, preferably so that you can't see a hand in front of you in the night.