The eye opening truth is: Too much screen time is damaging to your eyes. Blue light passes the cornea and lense and penetrates to the retina in the back of your eye. This causes troubling side effects including sleep deprivation, change in
The eye opening truth is: Too much screen time is damaging to your eyes. Blue light passes the cornea and lense and penetrates to the retina in the back of your eye. This causes troubling side effects including sleep deprivation, change in melatonin levels and cellular damage.
In an article published in the Jan/Feb issue of The Atlantic, James Hamblin writes; When light enters your eye it hits the retina, which relays signals to the core of the brain the hypothalamus. The size of an almond, the hypothalamus has more importance per volume than any other part of your body. This almond is the interface between the electricity of the nervous system and the hormones of the endocrine system. It takes sensory information and directs the body's responses so the body can stay alive. Among other roles in maintaining bodily homeostasis, appetite, thirst, heart rate, the hypothalamus controls sleep cycles. When your retinas start taking in less light yo