EDMONTON If you have been making a concerted effort to improve your sleep by turning on your gadget’s blue light-reducing features, a new study may provide some much-needed insight into why you’re not seeing an improvement in your nightly shut eye. Researchers at Utah’s Brigham Young University conducted a study to see just how much of an impact blue light-reducing features, specifically Apple s Night Shift mode, have on users’ quality of sleep. Their conclusion? It has no impact at all. In fact, the research suggests blue light may not be enemy number 1 when it comes to sleep quality.
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EDMONTON, Alberta (CTV Network) If you have been making a concerted effort to improve your sleep by turning on your gadget’s blue light-reducing features, a new study may provide some much-needed insight into why you’re not seeing an improvement in your nightly shut eye.
Researchers at Utah’s Brigham Young University conducted a study to see just how much of an impact blue light-reducing features, specifically Apple’s Night Shift mode, have on users’ quality of sleep.
Their conclusion? It has no impact at all.
In fact, the research suggests blue light may not be enemy number 1 when it comes to sleep quality.
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Updated Feb. 18 at 2:30 p.m.: This article was updated with comments from Warby Parker.
Increases in screen time since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic have surfaced new concerns about blue light and its potential impacts on sleep and eye health.
Cross-sectional and self-reported data from a sample of 3052 U.S. adults showed clinically meaningful increases in screen time in those considered “active” or “inactive” prior to the pandemic.
LEDs, or light emitting diodes, in televisions, tablets, cell phones and computers emit light that peaks in the blue light range. Among all the colors on the visible light spectrum, blue light contains more energy compared to other colors, like red or orange.
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