Babies go through a phase where, when held up by your face, they snatch the glasses (including sunglasses) off your face and dash them to the ground. After several babies, I lost interest in replacing the sunglasses, & it hasn't killed me yet.
Hi Michael, good question. I like them, but there are many knock-offs that don't really block blue light. Ra Optics makes a high quality lens, and also has prescription options available:
I wear some blue blocking glasses whenever I drive at night. I have some cheap ones from Amazon. They seem to be OK, but I might get some more expensive ones soon and see if I notice a difference.
I'm assuming it's from the glare and increased solar irradiance. Not only a significant increase in UV but also blue and the rest. The modern lifestyle doesn't help also with all the artificial light at night and bad diet.
I wore sunglasses many years ago when I wore hard contact lenses, to keep the dust out of my eyes, which could be painful. The problem is I am very nearsighted and eyeglasses block beneficial light.
Actually among nepalese & tibetan villagers, we see cataracts bad enough to cause functional blindness sometimes as early as early 30s. Ablind villager is just another useless mouth to feed, so they don,'t do so well.
Our ancestors, in fact did go blind like on Kilamanjaro above 6000 ft, and in most all Tibet, & upland Nepal... due tp altitude.An American/ nepalese ophthalmological charity has distributed tens of thousands of pairs of sunglasses built 3 eye hospitals & done over 10,000 cataract operations over the last decade. These facilities arealmost completely staffed by indiginous peoples.
When I used to ski, i didn't wear sunglasses and I could see fine. But I tried the sun goggles for a spell and though everything looked less glary, my eyes got weaker and found not wearing them was too much to handle. So I went back to not wearing them
As with so many tenets of the modern medical system, they created these myths to sell more expensive sickcare services to people.
Look at Dermatology and the stay out of the sun/wear sunscreen/the skin cancer scam and opthamology with their injections for macular degeneration and cataract surgeries, with waiting rooms filled with older patients.
Not wearing sunglasses is ALSO a health hazard, due to cataract development... in fact at altitude, like above 5000 ft, early cataract development is a major cause of disability in the 3rd world
Thanks for the comment - sensitization is key - the sherpas of the himalayas don't wear sunglasses b/c they've been adapted, and can still make it through treacherous conditions. Were you able to listen to the part of the podcast where we talk about cataracts as a light filter?
Note.. PLEASE.. On sunny days sherpas wear dark goggles or sunglasses, other wise, they, just like you will suffer snowblindness in a few hours, and have to be led off the mtn hopefully to recover
Babies go through a phase where, when held up by your face, they snatch the glasses (including sunglasses) off your face and dash them to the ground. After several babies, I lost interest in replacing the sunglasses, & it hasn't killed me yet.
That's a fantastic, adorable point you make Jill! Thanks so much for sharing.
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Polarized for glare.
What do you think about the blue light blocking glasses?
Hi Michael, good question. I like them, but there are many knock-offs that don't really block blue light. Ra Optics makes a high quality lens, and also has prescription options available:
https://raoptics.com/?rfsn=7963883.b403cb
Let me know what you think.
I wear some blue blocking glasses whenever I drive at night. I have some cheap ones from Amazon. They seem to be OK, but I might get some more expensive ones soon and see if I notice a difference.
I'm assuming it's from the glare and increased solar irradiance. Not only a significant increase in UV but also blue and the rest. The modern lifestyle doesn't help also with all the artificial light at night and bad diet.
I wore sunglasses many years ago when I wore hard contact lenses, to keep the dust out of my eyes, which could be painful. The problem is I am very nearsighted and eyeglasses block beneficial light.
Thanks for the in"sight" ful comment Kristin. Sorry to hear this. We hope to get a holistic optometrist on our show soon to discuss this point...
Actually among nepalese & tibetan villagers, we see cataracts bad enough to cause functional blindness sometimes as early as early 30s. Ablind villager is just another useless mouth to feed, so they don,'t do so well.
Very intriguing - I'll need to dig into this. Thanks for sharing.
I have prescription "sunglasses" for driving. They improve clarity.
Thanks for chiming in and sharing John. I started using a yellow-tinted visor, helps immensely when the sun is blaring at eye level.
What surprised me is how much they improve clarity even when there is no glare or bright sun.
Our ancestors, in fact did go blind like on Kilamanjaro above 6000 ft, and in most all Tibet, & upland Nepal... due tp altitude.An American/ nepalese ophthalmological charity has distributed tens of thousands of pairs of sunglasses built 3 eye hospitals & done over 10,000 cataract operations over the last decade. These facilities arealmost completely staffed by indiginous peoples.
I'm also distressed I can't find incandescent bulbs where I'm at. I have a 100 watt supply but no smaller wattages. The new bulbs hurt my eyes.
When I used to ski, i didn't wear sunglasses and I could see fine. But I tried the sun goggles for a spell and though everything looked less glary, my eyes got weaker and found not wearing them was too much to handle. So I went back to not wearing them
I wear them all the time prescription ones for a decease called Blahpherospasm 😎👍🥋
Roman For those who believe wearing sunglasses is uniformly bad, they need to be aware of the downsides:
This link will open in a new window (https://www.who.int/uv/uv_and_health/en/)
Sunlight exposure of retina & lens is a major cause of disability & blindness in the third world at altitude. Just Sayn
Allen DeLaney , MD, ME
Why then did our ancestors not go blind? Why is neurodegeneration a leading disease, whereas it was not before?
As with so many tenets of the modern medical system, they created these myths to sell more expensive sickcare services to people.
Look at Dermatology and the stay out of the sun/wear sunscreen/the skin cancer scam and opthamology with their injections for macular degeneration and cataract surgeries, with waiting rooms filled with older patients.
Not wearing sunglasses is ALSO a health hazard, due to cataract development... in fact at altitude, like above 5000 ft, early cataract development is a major cause of disability in the 3rd world
Thanks for the comment - sensitization is key - the sherpas of the himalayas don't wear sunglasses b/c they've been adapted, and can still make it through treacherous conditions. Were you able to listen to the part of the podcast where we talk about cataracts as a light filter?
Note.. PLEASE.. On sunny days sherpas wear dark goggles or sunglasses, other wise, they, just like you will suffer snowblindness in a few hours, and have to be led off the mtn hopefully to recover
That is not true. You better do some deeper research on the subject