How to Fix Eye Strain from Screens - AI Podcast
Dr. Joseph Mercola - Take Control of Your Health
Briana Mercola
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2025
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
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- Modern technology causes widespread eye strain by reducing natural blinking rates from 15 times per minute to just five to seven times when using screens
- Follow the 20-20-20 rule and take longer breaks — look 20 feet away for 20 seconds every 20 minutes. Another variation is taking five-minute breaks hourly
- Blue light from screens disrupts your sleep patterns by suppressing melatonin production, affecting your circadian rhythms significantly
- Regular exercise benefits your eye health by reducing risks of dry eye disease, myopia, cataracts, glaucoma, and age-related macular degeneration through body-wide effects
- Lutein and zeaxanthin from leafy greens protect your vision by filtering harmful blue light and concentrating in the macula, reducing macular degeneration risk
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| 0:00.0 | Feeling your eyes sting and blur after a late night scroll, when you swap a healthy 15 |
| 0:05.1 | blinks each minute for just five, you're drying out your vision fast. |
| 0:09.0 | Welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. Stay informed with quick, easy-to-listen |
| 0:14.3 | summaries of our latest articles, perfect for when you're on the go. No reading required. |
| 0:18.8 | Subscribe for free at Mercola.com for the latest health |
| 0:21.8 | insights. Hello and welcome to Dr. Mercola's cellular wisdom. I'm Ethan Foster and with me |
| 0:29.4 | is Alara Sky. Together we'll walk you through proven ways to relieve digital eye strain. |
| 0:35.4 | Thanks, Ethan. Eye fatigue isn't just inconvenient. |
| 0:38.6 | It signals deeper stress on your visual system. |
| 0:41.5 | The article points out four main culprits. |
| 0:44.2 | Suppressed blinking, air blowing across your face, |
| 0:47.3 | age-related far-sightedness called presbyopia, |
| 0:50.5 | and undiagnosed vision imbalances. |
| 0:53.3 | Identifying which of these shows up in your daily routine |
| 0:55.8 | is the first step toward protecting your sight. Start with blinking. Screens lock your gaze |
| 1:01.5 | and cut blinking by two-thirds so your eyes dry out quickly. Add a desk fan or car vent |
| 1:06.9 | hitting your face, and moisture evaporates even faster. When you notice ache or grit, |
| 1:12.5 | that's your cue that the surface of your eye isn't getting the constant tear film it needs. |
| 1:17.2 | If reading up close feels harder every year after 40, presbyopia may be at play, and if simple |
| 1:22.8 | tasks leave your eyes sore, a hidden muscle imbalance or uncorrected prescription could be driving |
| 1:28.6 | the strain. A thorough vision check can reveal issues you can't sense, but that magnify the fatigue |
| 1:34.3 | you feel. Even the glasses meant to help can backfire. One all-purpose pair fixes vision |
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