Your mom was right: It'll rot your brain.
October 4, 2005
5:15 PM -- Some British brainiac has concluded that watching TV actually does rot your brains... just like your mother said.
Most frightening, this prognosis holds even if you don't watch "Commander-in-Chief." If you do, you're a hair's breadth away from being declared totally brain dead.
According to Dr. Aric Sigman, an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a member of the Institute of Biology, watching "even a moderate amount" of the boob tube can:
Damage brain-cell development and function in the neural circuits underlying attention and impulse control
Impair the immune system, increasing vulnerability to cancer
Increase appetite and body-fat production, leading to obesity
Dramatically increase the risk of myopia, encourage anti-social behavior, and trigger premature puberty in children
Disrupt sleep patterns, further impairing brain functions
Significantly increase the risk of diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and clinical depression
Shrink your penis
OK, so I made that last one up. Wouldn't be surprised, though.
What's to be done? Try reading.
— Red "The slime oozin' out from your PC monitor" Panda, Light Reading
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