With screen usage skyrocketing, scientists and eye care professionals have discovered that the secret to strengthening and maintaining the health of your visual system is getting sunlight exposure early in the day.
The 2022 Vision Index showed that Australians have more than doubled the amount of time they spent with their eyes glued to the screen in the past 12 months, and a majority of respondents admitted spending up to eight hours a day on their devices or watching television.
American neuroscientist and tenured professor of neurobiology and ophthalmology at Stanford University School of Medicine Andrew Huberman, who recently won the Cogan Award for making the most significant discoveries in the study of vision, said viewing sunlight early in the day is a particularly effective way of maintaining healthy eyesight throughout your lifespan because this regulates your circadian rhythm via sunlight exposure….