Make your home as light as possible by painting or wallpapering it accordingly. Also use mainly light-colored fabrics and furniture.
Use lamps with high wattage or high brightness.
Stay near windows during the day if possible.
Go for a walk every day for at least 30 to 60 minutes (preferably around midday). At this time, even on a cloudy winter day, there is a light intensity of about 2,000 lux. Living rooms, on the other hand, at this time rarely have more than 100 lux.
Do not wear sunglasses outdoors!
Take a vacation in the winter months in the south or in snow-covered regions. There, light levels of up to 100,000 lux are reached during the day.
Limited alcohol consumption (men: max. 25 g alcohol per day; women: max. 12 g alcohol per day).
Avoidance of drug use
Conventional non-surgical therapy methods
Light therapy: prolonging exposure to light using artificial light (light with an illuminance of 2,500 to 10,000 lux). These devices provide “white” light and filter out harmful UV components. The “whiter” the light is, the more beneficial it is. The therapy must be carried out for at least a week.See also comparison effectiveness “light therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)” for seasonal affective disorder (SAD; winter depression) under psychotherapy/cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Nutritional Medicine
Nutritional counseling based on nutritional analysis
Nutritional recommendations according to a mixed diet taking into account the disease at hand. This means, among other things:
A total of 5 servings of fresh vegetables and fruit daily (≥ 400 g; 3 servings of vegetables and 2 servings of fruit).
Once or twice a week fresh sea fish, i.e. fatty marine fish (omega-3 fatty acids) such as salmon, herring, mackerel.
