*π§ WHEN YOU SLEEP WITH LIGHTS ON, YOU SHORTEN YOUR LIFESPAN AND INVITE DISEASESπ₯* So much renewal and growth take place at night time. 1. Do you know that your body produces a hormone known as melatonin and that this hormone is only produced during the night? 2. Do you know that THE DARKER THE ROOM YOU SLEEP IN, THE GREATER THE PRODUCTION OF THIS USEFUL MELATONIN by your pineal gland? 3. Do you know that this melatonin PROTECTS THE CELLS OF YOUR BODY? 4. Do you know that this melatonin is AN ANTI-STRESS HORMONE? 5. Do you know that this melatonin is an ANTI-AGING HORMONE? 6. Do you know that this melatonin ENHANCES SLEEP and BOOST YOUR IMMUNITY? 7. Do you know that this melatonin INHIBITS the multiplication of CANCER CELLS? 8. Do you know that this melatonin helps to LOWER BLOOD PRESSURE? 9. Do you know that this melatonin POSITIVELY affects MENSTRUAL CYCLE and FERTILITY? 10. Do you know that this melatonin maintains your body’s internal clock mechanism? 11. Do you know tha...
The Human Eye The human eye is an organ that reacts with light and allows light perception, color vision and depth perception. LEARNING OBJECTIVES Identify parts of human eye and their functions KEY TAKEAWAYS Key Points The eye is made up of a number of parts, including the iris, pupil, cornea, and retina. The eye has six muscles which control the eye movement, all providing different tension and torque. The eye works a lot like a camera, the pupil provides the f-stop, the iris the aperture stop, the cornea resembles a lens. The way that the image is formed is much like the way a convex lens forms an image. Key Terms pupil : The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina. aperture : The diameter of the aperture that restricts the width of the light path through the whole system. For a telescope, this is the diameter of the objective lens (e.g., a telescope may have a 100 cm aperture). The human eye is the gateway to one of our five...