Do you wake up in the morning, take one look at the dark, dingy day outside and wish you could crawl back under the duvet?

Just getting out of bed seems to require huge amounts of energy and your whole body clock seems out of sync, leaving you feeling tired and irritable….and it’s all affected by light!

Research has helped our understanding of how bright light therapy can decrease the production of Melatonin, the hormone that makes us sleepy and increase the chemical Serotonin which is one of the major regulators in your brain that controls emotions.

Using a LitePod every morning can help increase vitality, enhance wellbeing and boost concentration. Just think how it could help your game.

The Golf Plus LitePod is classified as a lightbox and as such, lightboxes are a medical product and if you are suffering from the symptoms of SAD and buying for domestic or personal use, you are entitled to sign the VAT exemption (or tick the box) and buy the product free of VAT.

Seasonal Affective Disorder is recognised by HM Customs and Excise to be a debilitating condition and if you have any of the symptoms, and are buying the LitePod for your own personal (or a member of your family's use) you are entitled to sign the VAT Exemption form. This is a self certification and you do not need your doctor to sign the form for you.

The Golf Plus LitePod is available to order with VAT included or excluded, please therefore choose the appropriate item according to whether you are an S.A.D. sufferer or not. Selecting to purchase the product with VAT exempted and successfully placing your order with us confirms your HM Customs and Excise declaration of your eligibility for VAT exemption (the declaration of which will be shown on your order confirmation page prior to placing your order.)

SAD has a lot in common with the hibernation cycle of animals and research has shown that this is triggered by a response to decreasing light levels. As the days grow shorter and the light becomes less intense, it increases the desire to 'hibernate'. Light intensity is measured in 'lux' the Latin word for light. On a summer's day at our latitude we may have up to 16 hours of daylight at 100,000 lux. In winter an 8 hour dull day will give less than 5,000 lux and indoor lighting rarely exceeds 500 lux.

Historically, treatment for depression involved the use of drugs. However, in recent years research in the USA and UK showed that SAD sufferers responded, often quite dramatically, to Bright Light Treatment. Our fully proven lightboxes have been specifically designed and are a recognised method of alleviating S.A.D.

Lack of light causes an increase in the production of Melatonin (the hormone that makes us sleepy at night), and a reduction of Serotonin, the lack of which causes depression. The exposure to bright light therapy reverses the process, with the additional benefit of being drug free.

You should start to feel the benefit within 7-14 days of using a lightbox. With our 28 day home trial scheme you have time to evaluate the treatment for yourself.

By providing summertime levels of light during the winter you can successfully alleviate the symptoms of SAD with the result that former sufferers can lead a normal, happier life and beat the Winter Blues. In fact almost everyone can benefit from increased energy level when using a lightbox. .