Eat On Purpose: Improve and Protect Your Eyes (written for Naturally Improve Vision)
There are foods that are good for your eyes. Mothers throughout time have been telling their children to eat carrots for good eyesight. Those mothers were right! Carrots are rich in beta-carotene, and beta-carotene promotes eye health. In addition, other foods, nutrients, and vitamins can make a great difference in the health of your eyes and in your vision.
Salmon contains high amounts of Omega-3 fatty acids, which greatly supports your eyes. Also, vitamin A and D are found in salmon, also known to increase the general health of eyes. Vitamin C reduces your risk of cataracts, and vitamin C is found in all sorts of foods that you probably already eat or would enjoy eating, such as: broccoli, spinach, oranges, and kale. The leafy greens also have antioxidants in them that may help prevent you from suffering from macular degeneration as you get older.
Dark chocolate contains nutrients that support heart health and eye health. The flavonoids, specifically, in dark chocolate protects blood vessels in the eye (along with protecting the cornea and the lens). Drink a glass of wine each day to increase blood flow to the eyes. Moderate consumption of wine can also decrease your chances of contracting glaucoma.
Garlic, shallots, onions, and capers all contain plenty of sulfur, which is an antioxidant specifically catered for your eye. Sulfur keeps your lens strong and resistant as the years continue. Throw in some eggs to your regular regimen, also. Eggs have several B-vitamin varieties, zinc, and essential fatty acids that all have been proven to promote eye health and protect against the formation of cataracts. Blueberries are good for you for all sorts of reason, and they especially improve your night vision.
Research has discovered these power foods for eyes thus far. Stay tuned for more discoveries; and keep in mind if you are ever concerned about the health of your eyes, do not hesitate to visit your optometrist or your ophthalmologist. A once a year visit would be wise.
Eyesight is Priceless: Treat is Similarly
Eyesight is an important part of our lives. Without this important sense, we would miss so much of our lives-things we want to see and experience. Our eyes need intentional protection because they are so precious. What can you do to assure that your eyes go the distance with you into your elderly years?
Our eyes have small muscles all around them that tug and pull on the lens. These muscles need care similar to the other muscles in your body in order to perform well for you. Relaxing your eye muscles is essential. Strengthening those muscles through exercises and general stress management for your eyes are also important steps that you can take for the benefit of your eyes.
Relax your eyes often throughout your day. Stop yourself if you find that you are staring too hard at something or even just looking at something too intensely that doesn't even interest you. Too much stress offers nothing good to you or your body-or your eyes. Stress is a part of life, yes, but learning to manage your stress and relax is vital to your health. This is true for your eyes too; learning to rest and relax your eyes are very important skills. Relaxing your eyes is so simple: take a break from looking at things that we don't like, and gaze upon things that you enjoy seeing instead-as often as you can.
Change a few bad habits daily, and you can cure your eyesight too. Baby your eyes a little by relaxing them, limiting the stress and strain that you subject them to, and rest them. Resting your eyes can be accomplished by finding a quiet spot to think about nothing, and to re-energize your mind and your eyes.
Think about your eyes. They are always at work when you are awake. You are looking at a television, a computer, at the road, at other people, at a book, and the list goes on. While you are doing these activities, start looking away and changing your focus some. This will help your eyes relax more. This emphasis on relaxing your eyes to promote good vision originates from Dr. William Bates from New York in the 1890s. He encouraged his students even to avert their eyes during class to something easy to view in order to relax and protect their eyes.
Advice from Someone Who Has Never Needed Glasses
Would you take advice from a 75 year old man who worked successfully as a doctor for all of his working years, spent much of his time reading books with very small print, and never ever has had to wear glasses? Further, everyone else in his family did wear glasses.
What advice does he give? Eye exercises. There are many that a person can do, but you can just start with focusing on three. I did checkout the three that he suggested, and then went on to do further research of my own. After six months of regimented effort, I know longer need glasses. For now, I will give you the same three exercises that he gave to me.
Palming. Warm your hands, then cup them over your eyes. Relax your mind and then your eyes will rest too. Rest your elbows on something stable so that your entire body can be relaxed. You can do this for at least fifteen minutes, and watch for the color of the darkness to go from grey to black.
Sunning. Rest yourself outside on a sunny day. Rest with your eye gently closed and feel the brightness and warmth of the sun on your eyelids. You can turn your head so that one eye takes in the light at a time.
Focusing. Put two small objects about thirty centimeters apart and try to see only one of them.
