Podcast 192: Lecture

Let's talk about blue light. It's something that we all need to be mindful of during our digital time, especially prolonged or late-night digital time. We will discuss the benefits and harms of blue light and what you can do to protect your eyes. Enjoy the show. If you want more, sign up for my newsletter at: www.drsamberne.com. SUMMARY KEYWORDS light, eye, lens, blue, cataract surgery, yellow tint, clarity, liver, glasses, pupil, filter, orange, cataract, therapy, tanning salon, vision, screen, imbalance, created, notice 00:05 Hello, everyone, it’s Dr. Sam, I’d like to welcome you to my EyeClarity podcast. This is a show that offers cutting-edge information on how to improve your vision and overall wellness through holistic methods. I so appreciate you spending part of your day with me. If you have questions, you can send them to [email protected]. Now to the latest EyeClarity episode. 00:48 So there's this big rage out in the marketplace, where you can get yellow and orange-tinted glasses. And they are advertised as blue blockers you were in the day, and blue blockers you were in the evening. Now on my webstore, I've put together a number of articles and videos, where I talk about the difference between the tins, and something that I created about five years ago, which is called a filter. And let's go back here. What when you wear an orange or yellow tint, what happens is, is that the pupil starts to dilate more. So in other words, when you're looking at your computer screen, and you've got an orange or yellow tint, you want to minimize the pupil size. Because the pupil is the gatekeeper that allows light into the eyes and eventually into the body. And so if you're wearing a darker lens, it's going to dilate the pupil more, and it defeats the purpose. Now yes, it does block some of the blue light, but some of it is also getting in. And in addition to that, the tint makes it dark enough that you may have difficulty actually seeing print the size of the print. And also, in addition to that, you're getting an imbalance of light and color into the eyes. Now we're working with color therapy. So we know that when we look at certain colors, it may set us off. And we look at other colors and go wow, these are really relaxing. Well, you don't want to induce more imbalances into your eyes by looking through an orange or yellow tint if you don't have to. So I would say, look for a blue filter, blue-blocking filter. Now I have a great one. If you don't like mine, there are other companies out there, you can google blue-blocking filter. But the blue light definitely affects the lens of the eye, the macula, and the retina. Blue Light also affects our sleep, our mood, and our vision. I would challenge you that stop working on your screens one hour before you go to bed. And if you're going to be using screen time, especially after 6 pm does something to protect yourself against the blue light. And here's my last point. And you are you guys and gals are already attuned to this. But let's say you decide to do the cataract surgery and you get it done. And the filter that's in the original lens. All of our original lenses have the capability to block some of the blue light that is completely gone. When you have cataract surgery unless they put the blue blocker in the intraocular lens, which isn't done as a standard practice you get when you get cataract surgery if you don't protect yourself from the blue light, it could affect you negatively in say about a year I see this with people who have had cataract surgery, who come back and now they're dealing with macular degeneration. They're dealing with Retina problems or dealing with glaucoma.