How to Fix Eye Strain from Screens - AI Podcast
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- Modern technology causes widespread eye strain by reducing natural blinking rates from 15 times per minute to just five to seven times when using screens
- Follow the 20-20-20 rule and take longer breaks — look 20 feet away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes. Another variation is taking five-minute breaks hourly
- Blue light from screens disrupts your sleep patterns by suppressing melatonin production, affecting your circadian rhythms significantly
- Regular exercise benefits your eye health by reducing risks of dry eye disease, myopia, cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration through body-wide effects
- Lutein and zeaxanthin from leafy greens protect your vision by filtering harmful blue light and concentrating in the macula, reducing macular degeneration risk
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