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Falling asleep with the TV is not only draining your electricity, but could be draining years on your life!
Researchers at the Northwestern University School of Medicine studied the impact of ambient light on the health and sleeping habits of 552 people between the ages of 63 and 84.
What they found was people who slept with even the slightest ambient lighting were more likely to suffer from diabetes, obesity and hypertension.
The study also found that insulin resistance was more likely to occur in the morning after people slept in a room with dim lightning, such as that emitted by a TV set.