Should you avoid blue light before bed?
Screens, blue-light filters and glasses before sleep.
Axis: avoid blue light before bed … blue light is overstated
Answers by date: 3 records in 3 sources, newest first; the answers above are the current ones. shift and revise mean the advice changed; tension — speakers disagree.
| date | who | answer | source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-17 | Ali | shift: At night Ali uses a night-mode display setting like f.lux on his Mac to avoid the blue light from the screen. | My Evidence-Based Sleep Routine 00:10:42 |
| 2023-03-16 | Ali | Ali calls avoiding blue light before sleep a myth: it came from the idea that blue light's higher energy stimulates the eye and keeps you awake, but there is very little evidence that this is biologically significant. | Why you're always tired 00:00:00 |
| 2022-12-09 | Ali | Ali, who had paid an extra £100 for a blue-light filter on his glasses, now calls avoiding blue light before sleep a bit of a myth and reads his Kindle with the backlight on without worrying. | Why You're Always Tired - 7 Myths Ruining Your Sleep 00:06:19 |