Screen Reading Before Bed Still Bad for Sleep, and We All Still Do It #insomnia
Oh no! I like to take a look at the last news and apps statistics before going to sleep. Sometimes, with the iPhone, I feel like a boy again. Always doing inappropriate actions, and my parents teaching me. Now however, I read it in my RSS reader. And that's hurt as much.
A post from Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy has the whole story. Here is a part:
A post from Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy has the whole story. Here is a part:
We've known for years that viewing electronics before bed disturbs or prevents sleep. But the National Sleep Foundation finds that 95 percent of people are staring at screens—and two-thirds don't get enough sleep during the week.
As a helpful reminder, it's not just a motherly nag about "getting ready for bed" that makes screens before bed, or especially in bed, quite a bad idea. That may be part of it, as having a day-in, day-out routine helps your brain know when it should shift its activity toward rest. But that blue-ish light has a direct effect on your brain chemistry:
Charles Czeisler, of Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, said exposure to artificial light before going to bed can increase alertness and suppress the release of melatonin, a sleep-promoting hormone.
