{"id":341659,"date":"2015-04-06T09:30:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-06T01:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/uncategorized-hk\/harmful-blue-light-from-gadget-341659.html"},"modified":"2015-04-06T09:30:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T01:30:03","slug":"harmful-blue-light-from-gadget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/hk\/health-hk\/medical-news-hk\/harmful-blue-light-from-gadget-341659.html","title":{"rendered":"Is the blue light damaging your eyes?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_133688231-683x4101.jpg\"><span style=\"display: block;\" class=\"wrap-img\" id=\"wrap-img-85979\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-85979 img-responsive \" src=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2015\/03\/shutterstock_133688231-683x4101-625x375.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_133688231-683x410\" width=\"625\" height=\"375\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p> <p class=\"p1\">There's no denying the\u00a0blue light emitted by our favourite <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/fashion\/the-right-accessory\/crave-worthy-stylish-tech-wearables-worth-79042.html#post-79042\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tech\u00a0toys<\/a> \u2014 from\u00a0smartphones, tablets, to computers \u2014 influences our body's melatonin secretion. When the release of this sleep hormone is interrupted, you may have difficulty falling asleep and eventually suffer from sleep deprivation. That is why it is not advisable to fiddle with your\u00a0smartphone up to a few hours before sleeping. But during the daytime,\u00a0could the hours you spend on these gadget to reply emails and scroll through Instagram affect your health?<\/p> <h2 class=\"p1\"> <span>The blue light isn't good for the eyes<\/span> <\/h2> <p class=\"p1\">By now, this fact is hardly a surprise. Our gadgets are fast becoming the villains in our hyper tech-savvy society.<\/p> <p class=\"p1\">Tablets and other<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/beauty\/beauty-buys\/electric-beauty-best-beauty-gadgets-market-79508.html#post-79508\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> portable devices<\/a> emit two kinds of blue light that differ in wavelengths and\u00a0impact. While the turquoise blue light (the one found\u00a0in light therapy lamps) improves sleep and mood, the purple blue\u00a0from our devices\u00a0is indeed harmful to the eyes. Extended exposure to this light\u00a0accelerates aging and premature death of retina cells in the eyes, and\u00a0could cause age-related macular degeneration (AMD).<\/p> <p class=\"p1\">To keep your eye sight stellar for as long as possible, simply<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mariefranceasia.com\/lifelove\/decoding\/quest-silence-78543.html#post-78543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u00a0limit the time<\/a> in front of screens. Now it's\u00a0also possible to protect the\u00a0eyes from harsh rays through filtered glasses. <em>\"Visual fault or not, there are glasses with lenses specially treated to filter some of the harmful blue light,\"<\/em> says Annie Rodriguez, Vision Health Director at Essilor.<\/p> <p class=\"p3\"><em>Maureen Diament and Natasha Gan<\/em><\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First we found out the blue light emitted by our gadgets disturbs our sleep. It appears our tech toys could do much more harm to us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":84553,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_yoast_wpseo_metadesc":"We already know that the blue light emitted by our tablets and smartphones disturb our sleep. 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