{"id":14253,"date":"2016-10-24T20:11:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-24T10:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=14253"},"modified":"2024-07-02T11:43:35","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T01:43:35","slug":"how-led-lighting-may-compromise-your-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=14253","title":{"rendered":"How LED Lighting May Compromise Your Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LED_Dangers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14254\" src=\"http:\/\/tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/LED_Dangers-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"led_dangers\" width=\"766\" height=\"429\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nDang! Just got rid of the CFC due to their mercury content, replaced them with LEDs, then I learn this!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_0\">Near-infrared is important as it primes the cells in your retina for repair and regeneration, which explains why LEDs \u2014 which is devoid of infrared \u2014 are so harmful for your eyes and health<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_1\">One-third of the energy your body consumes comes from the food you eat. The vast majority of the energy your body needs to maintain the systemic equilibrium comes from environmental infrared light exposure<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"bcr_rptStory_cslStory_2\">LEDs sabotage health and promote blindness. Limit your exposure to blue light during the daytime and at night. Swap out LEDs for incandescents or low-voltage incandescent halogen lights<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/10\/23\/near-infrared-led-lighting.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/articles.mercola.com\/sites\/articles\/archive\/2016\/10\/23\/near-infrared-led-lighting.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dang! Just got rid of the CFC due to their mercury content, replaced them with LEDs, then I learn this! Near-infrared is important as it primes the cells in your retina for repair and regeneration, which explains why LEDs \u2014 which is devoid of infrared \u2014 are so harmful for your eyes and health One-third &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=14253\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;How LED Lighting May Compromise Your Health&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14253"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52744,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14253\/revisions\/52744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14253"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14253"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14253"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}