There are a lot of good content in various TV’s network to entertain us these days, but some folks just seat in a comfortable sofa in front the TV and spend a lot of his/her time on it. The average person in the U.S watches between 4 and 10 hours of TV each and every day, and that way is too much according to TV watching experts.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says that children 2 years old and under should watch no TV. Children, teens and adults are recommended to limit their TV viewing to less than 2 hours each day. These recommendations are made because staring at “The Idiot Box” has been linked to lower communication skills, antisocial behavior, altered brain structure, overweight and obesity and poor grades in school.
These are scientifically recorded dangers of watching TV, as opposed to engaging in some healthier activity, which are why people should instead choose the following five benefits of watching less television.
1 – You Won’t Sit as Much
You were not to intend to sit for as long as you do. Research shows that sitting is deadly, leading to a long list of unhealthy conditions that cause pain, and shorten your life. Most television is viewed sitting down, so when you stop watching as much brain-rotting TV, you are standing and active more, which is a good thing.
2 – Your Brain Becomes Healthier
As highlighted above, staring at a television set actually causes a change in your brain chemistry. It is not a healthy one, either. The negative mental consequences of staring at an electronic screen, television or otherwise, include decreased memory, a weakened ability to plan, organize and take action, weaker brain functioning and other neurological problems.
3 – You Will Find Out You Have a Lot More Free Time Than You Thought
Are you always complaining that there are not enough hours in the day to get things done? You might be wrong. Take out the nearly 34 hours that the television viewing habits monitoring company Nielsen says you are spending in front of the boob tube each week, and you have more than 1 full day of extra time on your hands.
4 – You Will Begin Making up Your Own Mind, and Forming Your Own Belief System
Television is a one-way form of communication. People you have never met, that have views and beliefs vastly different from yours, create the content that you consume. Watch enough TV, and you begin to lose the ability to form your own thoughts, opinions and beliefs.
5 – You Will Stop Feeling Inadequate
TV creates unreal unrealistic expectations. Most human beings are not perfect – slim, trim, super sexy, incredibly smart, abundantly wealthy and successful, which is how television paints the world. Television advertisers want you to feel inadequate, so you will purchase their products that promise miracle results.
By the way, according to a recent study from Ofcom, young people are watching almost seven times less TV than over 65s. The study found that over 65s still watch much broadcast television and have an average of six hours a day, while 16-24-year-olds are only watching for 53 minutes a day – a two-thirds drop from ten years ago, and in part, consequence of new technologies, the rise of smartphone, and the popularity of social medias such as YouTube, Instagram and Tiktok.
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