'That is definitely not possible, at least not in this generation”! my friend was quick to respond when I declared it would do young people more good to stay away from television.
A lot of young people today have problems with their academics because of excessive viewing , a teacher once complained bitterly about the fallen standard of education.
I am not saying that television is entirely bad, there are times when you watch certain interesting and benefitting programs but for those who spend an abnormal amount of time in front of a T.V it is definitely killing you gradually.
Too much of television viewing diminishes your IQ because it reduces your ability to think critically since while watching T.V the brain activities switches from left to right and the right side does not critically analyze incoming information. You also waste certain hours of your life watching other people making money.
Excessive television viewing can as well increase your risk of premature death, this is because it has been linked to degenerative brain disorders later in life such as dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. If you are over the age of 25 every hour spent in front of the T.V cuts 22minutes off your life span! That can equate to five years worth if you watch T.V six hours a day which some people actually do!
Have you ever wondered why you feel tired, empty, or why you sometimes feel headache after watching T.V for long hours? It is because while watching T.V, energy is sapped and your brain activity reduces since it has little or no work to do. EEG studies, which detect electrical activity in the brain, have found that the higher-functioning levels of the brain, like the neocortex we use for analysis and reasoning, go offline when we seat carried away in front of the screen. Meanwhile the visual cortex, the brain's largest cortical tissue, is highly stimulated. This basically leaves the brain in a sort of limbo state of rest. Neurons are still firing but the mind is not actually engaged, it's taking in a boatload of information but not processing it, so the brain isn't fully relaxed, but it's not being exercised either.
Remember the saying its either you use it or lose it! this goes for the brain too.
Watching T.V also puts you into a form of hypnotic state that is why people sleep while watching T.V.
Studies have shown further that for each additional hour of television watched in childhood, the odds of developing symptoms of depression increase by 8 percent and the odds of being convicted of a crime increase by 27 percent. Other findings suggest that for every two hours watched in one's youth, the odds of developing type 2 diabetes increases by 20 percent as well.
Reading which we find difficult is a better option. This is because when you read your brain has to use its imagination to come up with feelings described in a book or an article. Although there are a few television programs that give room for imaginative thinking, reading still performs a better job.
Reduce the amount of time you spend watching T.V and determine to read more as this increases your brain’s longevity.
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