so exposure to blue light is becoming a major concern to both science and
medicine because there's data that supports that blue light can affect our
sleep cycles, contributes to eye fatigue and could even hurt the retina in the back of
the eye. Well in this video I'll share with you five ways and how you can
protect your eyes from blue light. let's take a look. hey everyone this is
dr. Joe Allen here from doctor eye health the channel that helps you with
the eyes, vision and finding the best vision products so if you're new here to
the channel go ahead and hit that subscribe button down below
that way you won't miss any of my future videos. when it comes to protecting your
eyes from blue light the easiest solution is often to pick up a pair of
anti blue light glasses. now there's many different brands out there of course if
you're a prescription glasses wearer, purchasing from your local optical
stores often get you the best quality of glasses including blue light filters.
otherwise if you're somebody who doesn't wear glasses that much or doesn't have a
prescription and just needs some type of blue light glasses filter then a lot of
times you can find a lot of cool brands online now this one I actually got from
a store called Glassy who actually has more of a specialty in blue light
protecting glasses. this is actually called a sleep pair of glasses and you
can see how dark yellow they are on my face you know that's gonna be a lot
different from other designs like these ones which is a little bit more clear
but maybe has the kind of a purple blue hue coming off of the lenses so that's
one of the biggest things you'll notice with blue light glasses is that there's
a huge wide variety of different frames and lenses out there now the reason for
the darker yellow lenses like these ones is these ones actually block more blue
light than these ones do. the blue light filters are actually built into the
lenses here and that makes them kind of a yellow color and actually blocks more
of the longer wavelengths of light that affect our sleep cycles hence while
they're called sleep glasses. otherwise if you're somebody who doesn't like the
yellow kind of look here on my face then perhaps using a pair that just has more
of a clear lens and this anti reflective coating that actually bounces the blue
light off of the lenses and therefore reduces the blue light getting into the
eye however keep in mind that these sort of clear lenses may not offer as much
blue light protection as these yellow lenses. I personally usually wear a type
of clear lens most of the day and then when I'm home at night in front
of a computer screen I'm wearing more of the dark sleeping lenses. so the second
way to protect your eyes from blue light is if you're not a huge fan of anti blue
light glasses consider switching over and picking up some type of anti blue
light screen protector from Ocushield here now they have different
screen protectors that fit all different sizes of laptops and desktop screens but
they also do make different screen protectors for cell phones so if you're
somebody who uses an Android or an iPhone
they make screen protectors for you now I am not sponsored by Ocushield but I
have reached out to them and they were cool enough to give us a discount code
of 15% when you use eye health at checkout. the third option is if you have
something like a cell phone or digital device that has the ability to go into a
blue light mode or a night shift mode then go ahead and turn that on that's
gonna shift the light coming off of your digital device into more of a yellow
filter that way it reduces the amount of harsh light entering your eye
particularly at night time when people are staring at their phones right before
going to bed. now I know a lot of desktop monitors do not have this app capability
so there are actually are different software programs and one that I've used
is called IRIS. now IRIS actually has the ability to have a kind of a subscription
service I use the pro version it actually allows you to kind of switch
between different levels of blue light protection whether it's something you
want really faint or something that you want more intense so you can definitely
look into that if you were more of a desktop user now the fourth way to
protect your eye from blue light. is to consider taking some type of eye vitamin
now there's a lot of data that suggests that blue light could actually increase
the metabolic stress of the back of the eye and that could actually lead to cell
death and damage. now there are real reason by supplementation and eating a
lot of healthy foods is good for the eye is that it increases not just the amount
of antioxidants inside the eye but the it actually increases what's called the
MPOD or the macular pigment optical density. now this product I'm holding
here is the one that I actually take and is called Eyepromise Restore and this one
is specifically designed NOT for people with macular degeneration but to
increase your macular pigment optical density to help prevent future eye
diseases and damage from things like blue light they also even have one
specifically for screen protection for people who are younger than age of
eighteen there's a lot of other benefits in the literature about
eye supplementation as well mainly in that they increase your ability to see better
in low-light situations and it improves contrast between colors. I always say
that before taking any supplementation make sure that you talk with your doctor
and read the ingredients listed on the back to make sure you're not allergic to
any of the ingredients also if you'd like to see a more information about
this product specifically I have included a link in the description below.
now the fifth way to reduce blue light exposure is often the hardest and that
is to reduce the amount of screen time that you have throughout the day. I know
from being at work all day or being at school we all have basically computer
screens or phones that were looking at all day long but I think if you are
certainly winding down toward the end of the day and if you can just try to put
your phone away for the last two three hours of the day that's at least in some
way that you're gonna reduce that blue light exposure and at least not affect
your sleep cycle. so Eye health question the day. which of the five options
mentioned here was your favorite? go ahead and comment in the section below
I'd love to know what you think. alright thanks for watching if you've got
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