House of Blue Light

Good golly Miss Molly -- depression seems to be quite common within our ranks.

Yesterday, I had to have an eye exam to please the State of Minnesota so that I can drive the two or three thousand miles a year I put on my relic VW. On a whim, I asked the optometrist if there was anything to the "myth" of blue light impacting sleep.

Wow! He went from Mr. Quiet Conservative to Son-of-a Preacher-Man in a nano-second. The next ten minutes was a steady stream of melatonin-talk.

Bottom-line: The National Sleep Foundation recommends that we avoid all blue light (TV, tablets, etc.) for two to three hours before going to sleep. Although their study focused on teenagers, it seemingly would apply o any age. https://www.sleepfoundation.org/articles/light-sleep-school-...

It struck me that the average BC reader/author probably does their online reading and computer-aided writing primarily right before they go to bed.

What are your thoughts?

Jill