Protecting Your Eyes in Daily Life

Posted by sean - February 25th, 2010

Almost 5000 people in America lose their eyesight unnecessarily each year. Most are due to common eye disease, such as cataracts and glaucoma, which can be avoidable by suitable diets and good habits.

A balanced diet and a good habit are introduced to keep good eyesight in the following.

Blueberry is rich for antioxidants which can effectively prevent the age-related macular degeneration (ARMD) mostly happened among the elderly. ARMD is regarded as the main cause of age-related blindness, so eating more blueberries can delay or avoid the disease.

Spinach is abundant with lutein which can also prevent the ARMD and cataracts diseases. Fat, such as olive oil is suggested to take with spinach for better absorption.

Red onion but not the yellow one is affluent in element of quercetin, one kind of antioxidants, which can act as the same function to guard against ARMD and cataracts diseases.

Fish is full of omeg-3 fatty acids which is the bane for dry eyes. You are recommended to have fish twice a week. If you are not able to take fish for some reason, you can exchange for other kind of food containing the same nutrients.

Sweet potato contains high Vitamin A, which is useful for enhancing the night vision.

Greasy or sweet foods, high in omega-6 fatty acids, deteriorate or cause the ARMD disease. So you’d better be away with this kind of food, including potato chips and hamburgers.

Multivitamin pills contain various different Vitamins which are needed by our body to keep in an excellent condition, so you can take the pills every day to guarantee the body requirement. At least 150mg Vitamin C is needed to prevent cataracts effectively.

Smoking is bad for your whole body, and eye is no exception. Smoking is one reason for ARMD, glaucoma and dry eyes. Considering from your eyesight, please get rid of the awful habit.

Do not let the air from air-conditioner to blow your eyes directly. Because long time exposure will increase the choice of dry eyes, then the following corneal abrasion.

Do adjust your computer below your eye level to make sure that your eyes can be half-closed when looking at the screen. In this way, the possibility of fluid evaporation and dry eyes can be greatly reduced.

No one would like to get an eye surgery. No one would like to wear eyeglasses. However, everyone would like to have good eyesight. If you pay attention to your daily lifestyle, you may discover that it is possible to maintain good vision in a natural, effective and cheap way.

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Why Our Eyes Are Always Strained?

Posted by sean - February 4th, 2010

It is true that any of us may have suffered from eye strains. It is a very common phenomenon that our eyes may get strained when they are tired. Especially, if we stare at something too long, our eyes will get tired. For example, we drive or work too long before computers. In a word, this phenomenon is very common to anyone.

Dryness, itch, watery eyes, blurriness, headache, etc. are very common symptoms of eye strains. If we can get the causes of these eye problems, we may find the solutions of them. Here are going to introduce some causes that may lead to eye stains.

The first cause is using computers too long. In modern times, we have to stare at computers and screens everyday for the sake of work. Just image if you have done some exercises too long, you may get very tired. The same is your eyes. They may get tired and sore after long time work.

Still more, if we have stare at something else too long, our eyes may also get tired. Such as, driving and watching TV and reading too long can also lead to eye problems.

If we have to work before computers, we can try our best to stare at them too long. Still, we can ask eye doctors for some help. Most importantly, we can take a break in working hours. This can help to eliminate our eye problems.

The next cause is related with light—strong light. If we work under conditions with very bright light, our eyes will be greatly damaged. Still, too bright computer screen can also lead to eye strains.

The way to avoid these problems is to wear some eye wear in working hours. Never try to work under bright light and find a good visual condition. And reduce the brightness of the computers is also a good way.

Another cause is also related with light—dim light. Working under dim-lighted conditions can also lead to eye stains. You should check your working condition to see whether the light is too dim or not. In a word, try to rest your eyes and this can help to eliminate your eye strains.

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·Knowledge of cataract

·Differences between hyperopia and presbyopia

·Age-related diabetes

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Protect Your Eyes — Protect Your Beauty

Posted by sean - January 26th, 2010

Many people judge a person whether she is beautiful or not by her look and skin. But in my opinion, people who have bright eyes are extremely beautiful, especially when you do some face to face chatting. Bright and charming eyes will always give a deep impression on a person, so it is very significant to protect your eyes and at the same time protect your beauty.

You can protect your eyes by following the 6 tips below.

  1. Get your eyes to be away from sun. If you have to stay in the sunshine for a long time, you can wear the UV rays preventive sunglasses. The harmful rays in the sun will damage your skin, as well as your eyes and eyesight. Long exposure to sunlight will accelerate your skin to become aging. So you can use some SPF formula to protect both your skin and eyes from getting burnt.
  2. Use the eye cream when you grow old. Eye winkles are one obvious indication that you are not young any more. So it is good if you can find some solid ingredients like haloxyl and gaba which are suitable for you to protect eyes from winkles at an earlier age, and eye cream is recommended to be used every day.
  3. Do not squint too often because it will lead to eye winkles very easily and it is a sign of you impoliteness.
  4. Have a good sleep every day. Sleep is the best prescription to keep beauty. A good night sleep will make you feel good and active all day long, while a terrible night sleep is responsible for eye bags and eye puffiness. Though these symptoms all can be treated by eye serum. But it is not a fundamental way to keep natural beauty and not worthy for you to take the risk. A good night sleep is a win-win activity, why we deny doing so?
  5. Keep away from dryness and stay hydrated. Dry weather is the nightmare of smooth skin and it is the reason for eye winkles. So drink a lot of water and use some skin care products like lotion to keep your skin moist every day.
  6. Eat enough carrots. Carrots are healthy vegetable which contains rich vitamins being good for the eye vision. Though the effect cannot be reflected at a day, it can show its effect after several months. So be patient to wait for the miracles happened on your eyes.

We are born with bright eyes though we do not protect them well with the time going, but it is not too late to do the remediation. Start from now to keep your eyes active and bright by a natural way.

more info

·How to protect your eyesight

·Care Your Eyes

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