On February 29, the National Natural Science Commission of China released the "Top Ten Advances in Chinese Science" in 2023: the University of Science and Technology of China's "Xue Tian's team reveals the neural mechanism of light perception regulating blood glucose metabolism" is among them.
Expert comments thatThis has opened up the study of rhythm-independent photoregulation and metabolism, and improved our understanding of the mechanism of photoadaptationIt provides a scientific basis for the prevention and treatment of related blood glucose regulation disorders。(See the official website of the National Natural Science and Technology Commission).
For a long time, the unity of heaven and man was considered metaphysics, and the Yellow Emperor's Neijing was considered to have no scientific basis. The study of "light regulation metabolism" has made a new annotation for the unity of nature and man with modern science.
It is understood that in recent years, there are not many people and teams who have conducted research on "photoregulation of metabolism", and the research methods are roughly similar.
The first is to observe and measure the changes in the relevant metabolic indicators of the body under the irradiation of different energies of light. From the perspective of monochromatic light, it is the irradiation of different wavelengths of light, such as red light and blue light, blue light has a short wavelength and contains higher energy, and red light has a longer wavelength and lower energy; From the perspective of composite light, it is the illumination of light sources with different color temperatures, the higher the color temperature, the stronger the energy, and the lower the color temperature, the weaker the energy.
The second is to study the light intensity reaching the retina and observe and measure the changes in the relevant metabolic indicators of the body. There are two types of light intensity, either the amount of light that reaches the retina, or the amount of light that enters the inside of the eye through the pupil.
The specific indicators involved in "photoregulation metabolism" involve all aspects of the body, such as the balance of autonomic nerves, hormone secretion, immunity, changes in blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, and so on.
For example, the article "The Regulating Effect of Color Temperature of Light Source on Autonomic Function" has been widely circulated on the Internet, and more than 100 articles can be searched for similar official publications.
Many of these research results have been applied to the design and development of lighting products or anti-blue light and anti-radiation glasses, which are used for eye protection and related diseases, which can be seen everywhere in daily life.
I am the designer of Kim Mo Yu anti-fatigue glasses, and I have been paying attention to related research and progress for a long time, and I have also carried out some experiments and research. We mainly observed and experimented on the secretion of tears at different color temperatures, as well as the changes in intraocular pressure (circulation of aqueous humor) under different glare indexes. Finally, it was observed that color temperature had a significant regulatory effect on tear secretion, and if you wear glasses with low color temperature and stare at a computer or mobile phone, your eyes can be kept moist for a longer time. Glare has a significant regulatory effect on the circulation of aqueous humor, and lowering the glare index can make the eye circulation smoother, and the eyes will not feel swollen and painful for a long time when staring at the computer and mobile phone.
It is on the basis of experiments that we have designed anti-fatigue glasses specifically for dry eye syndrome. There are three main indicators, one is to reduce the color temperature 1 3, the second is to reduce the glare index by 50%, and the third is to filter the color rendering" 95. The design of these three indicators can make most dry eye tears increase significantly in a few minutes, and no longer dry and painful, which has been widely recognized by buyers of dry eye.
For Xue Tian's team to reveal the neural mechanism of light perception regulating blood sugar metabolism, in fact, there was an introduction last year, and we have already paid attention to it. We believe that Xue Tian's team has taken the research of "photoregulation of metabolism" to a new level. Being awarded the 2023 "Top Ten Advances in Chinese Science" will undoubtedly have a huge and far-reaching impact on the health and wellness concept of the society, as well as the prevention and control of related diseases, and its value is immeasurable.
It is worth mentioning that the last time the molecular mechanism of "light regulation of metabolism" was revealed, and it attracted widespread attention from the society was the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2017, whose research revealed that "the molecular mechanism of regulating circadian rhythm was discovered", that is, the regulatory mechanism of light on the secretion of melatonin hormone, and then melatonin became the mainstream product that regulates and promotes sleep.