Beer Goggles - The Science: Eye Physically Deteriorates After Alcohol Consumption
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 - 09:01
in Physics & Chemistry
A new study has found that the eye's optical quality deteriorates after alcohol consumption. Not just how the images are interpreted, the way some unemployed guy who is 'getting his band together' looks more attractive at 2 AM after a few shots of Jägermeister, but the physical eye itself.The authors say ethanol in the tear-film is one of the causes: it covers the surface of the eye, disturbs the outer layer and favors evaporation of the aqueous content of the tear, deteriorating the optical quality of the image we see. The deterioration in vision is significantly greater in subjects with breath alcohol content over the legal limit for driving, which is another obvious reason to call Uber and not drive yourself. read more