tsar4 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/30/health/declining-eyesight-red-light-scn-wellness/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
new_disease Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very neat! 🤓 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilosipherStoned Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Roooxannne! Maybe you should put on the red light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreHunter Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 I feel like this is a trick to blind me, and everyone is in on it except me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) Not gonna read the article, but going off what I do know, it would make sense. Larger amounts of people are nearsighted or straight up have worse eyesight in comparison to people in the past. Considering for several decades now people have been staring at tv screens, or with modern technology smart phones, as well as computer screens for multiple hours in the day, all of which produces a lot of blue light, which does have an affect on you. If you spent the majority of your time outdoors in natural light that has more red in it, and also less time on computers and such it'd be expected for someone to have better eyesight. Edited July 2, 2020 by Distinct Lunatic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom Metal Alchemist Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 The article seems to stress that it appears to work on eyesight that has deteriorated specifically due to aging. What about those of us who have been wearing thick ass glasses since we were little kids? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 9 hours ago, Distinct Lunatic said: Not gonna read the article, but going off what I do know, it would make sense. Larger amounts of people are nearsighted or straight up have worse eyesight in comparison to people in the past. Considering for several decades now people have been staring at tv screens, or with modern technology smart phones, as well as computer screens for multiple hours in the day, all of which produces a lot of blue light, which does have an affect on you. If you spent the majority of your time outdoors in natural light that has more red in it, and also less time on computers and such it'd be expected for someone to have better eyesight. Not advisable for everyone. I have been warned by my eye doctors to not go out in the sunshine, even on cloudy days, without sunglasses. Wide pupils and very light blue irises are the issue. My Dad had them too & he ended up so light sensitive that he had to pretty much keep rooms completely dark. As for the red light, I had read in other studies about the effectiveness of green light to combat migraines, so I found this completely interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, Doom Metal Alchemist said: The article seems to stress that it appears to work on eyesight that has deteriorated specifically due to aging. What about those of us who have been wearing thick ass glasses since we were little kids? I think that has more to do with the shape of the eye changing the focal point on the retina. Eye shape is dictated (at least in part) by the shape of the eye sockets in your skull. Edited July 2, 2020 by tsar4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sieg67 Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 (edited) On 7/2/2020 at 12:17 AM, Distinct Lunatic said: Not gonna read the article, but going off what I do know, it would make sense. Larger amounts of people are nearsighted or straight up have worse eyesight in comparison to people in the past. Considering for several decades now people have been staring at tv screens, or with modern technology smart phones, as well as computer screens for multiple hours in the day, all of which produces a lot of blue light, which does have an affect on you. If you spent the majority of your time outdoors in natural light that has more red in it, and also less time on computers and such it'd be expected for someone to have better eyesight. I've been wondering if our collective eyesight hasn't been degrading because we just don't have the need to to look into the distance. We evolved to be hunters and that likely benefited from good eyesight. But now as you mentioned, we stare at screens all day. There's really nothing off in the distance that we need to be aware of. This may sound dumb but what if we're not exercising our eyes enough? Edited July 4, 2020 by Sieg67 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Distinct Lunatic Posted July 4, 2020 Share Posted July 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Sieg67 said: I've been wondering if our collective eyesight hasn't been degrading because we just don't have the need to to look into the distance. We evolved to be hunters and that likely benefited from good eyesight. But now as you mentioned, we stare at screens all day. There's really nothing off in the distance that we need to be aware of. This may sound dumb but what if we're not exercising our eyes enough? It makes sense if you think about it. For the hundred thousand plus years that humanity has existed, we've lived and worked outside like other species. Even after we started building shelters, everyone still spent the majority of their time out providing food, or other necessities. But for the past hundred years things have gotten more and more to the point where people don't need to go outside, and as far as working to provide for yourself, it's commonplace for people to have a job that's indoors. And I'd say the closer you get to the 2000's the more you see people that straight up don't go outside unless they have to, kids also are more glued to games and electronic devices. So in short, you have significantly less time spent outdoors on average, coupled with all these electronic devices that produce blue light. One thing I've been making sure to do for the last couple of years is avoid being in a dark room looking at a screen as much as possible. Even if it's 3 in the morning and I'm sitting on my pc or whatever, I make sure the room is light up, that used to fuck up my eyes real bad when I'd look at screens in the dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tsar4 Posted July 4, 2020 Author Share Posted July 4, 2020 14 hours ago, Sieg67 said: There's really nothing off in the distance that we need to be aware of. Not entirely true for everyone. Farmers, ranchers, hunters, soldiers,... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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